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Cataract and early nystagmus due to galactokinase deficiency

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We thank RNDr. M. Hikkelova from Gendiagnostika, Bratislava for DNA analysis of our patient.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Comenius University Children’s Hospital, Limbova 1, 833 40, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Vladimir Bzduch

  2. Department of Pediatric Ophtalmology, Comenius University Children’s Hospital, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Dana Tomcikova & Anton Gerinec

  3. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Comenius University Children’s Hospital, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Darina Behulova

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Vladimir Bzduch, Dana Tomcikova, Anton Gerinec and Darina Behulova declare that they have no conflict of interest. The authors confirm independence from the sponsors.

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All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000.

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Bzduch, V., Tomcikova, D., Gerinec, A. et al. Cataract and early nystagmus due to galactokinase deficiency. J Inherit Metab Dis 40, 749–750 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10545-017-0040-8

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