Association of presenile cataract with galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase gene mutations

摘要

Background. Presenile cataract is commonly idiopathic in origin. However, patients with presenile cataract could have an underlying genetic abnormality of galactose metabolism. We studied the association, if any, between idiopathic presenile cataract and galactose-l-phosphate uridyl transferase (GALT) gene mutation.