Publications by authors named "Maria Kalogerakou"
A patient with classical galactosemia is graduated with a university degree.
J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab
October 2018
Aim: Body composition evaluation in patients with galactosemia and its variants.
Methods: The body composition of young subjects with galactose metabolic disorders was analyzed with dual X-ray absorptiometry. The subjects were divided into the classic galactosemia (CG; n=14) group and the group with other galactose metabolic disorders (OGMD, e.
Background: Phenylketonuria (PKU) therapeutic diet is characterized by the great replacement of natural protein with a phenylalanine-free formula.
Aim: To investigate the effect of diet on the amino acid serum levels in PKU patients and their total antioxidant status (TAS).
Methods: Thirty-seven poorly controlled patients (group A), 43 patients who strictly adhered to their diet (group B) and 50 controls were included in the study.
Objective: To investigate the effects of diet on the antiatherogenic enzyme Paraoxonase 1/Arylesterase (PON1/Aryl) activities in patients with disorders of galactose metabolism.
Patients And Methods: Eleven poorly dietary controlled children with classical galactosaemia (GALT deficiency), 7 with epimerase deficiency and 12 with duarte 1 variant 'off diet' underwent clinical and laboratory investigations before and after 10 days on galactose restricted diet whereas controls (N = 20) were examined once. Serum lipids, lipoproteins and apolipoprotein A1 (ApoA1) were measured with routine methods, PON1/Aryl activities and total antioxidant status (TAS) spectrophotometrically, and galactose-1-phosphate (Gal-1-P) enzymatically.