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Sequential studies of the liver of an infant with galactosaemia were made by phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy (31P MRS). A peak attributable to galactose 1-phosphate (gal 1-P) was seen in early liver spectra. This peak diminished during dietary therapy in the early months of life, corresponding to a falling level of gal 1-P in red blood cells.
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Smyth, J.P., Hope, P.L., Dixon, R.M. et al. 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the liver in an infant with galactosaemia. MAGMA 1, 119–121 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01769412
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01769412