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CONVENIENT blood tests for galactosemia (1-5) now permit wide-scale screening and early identification of babies affected, hopefully before irreparable damage or death ensues. In conjunction with New York State's mandatory screening program for phenylketonuria (PKU) a,t birth (6), we tested a large population of newborns for galactosemia with a fluorescent spot method (5) and found the procedure a practical means of identifying babies in whom galactosemia is likely to develop.
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