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Hereditary fructose intolerance syndrome: Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
By Dr. Imani Brown, MD · · Endocrinology and Metabolism
This article from Weyland-Yutani Health System's Endocrinology and Metabolism service line explains hereditary fructose intolerance syndrome in plain language.
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Topic: hereditary fructose intolerance syndrome. A carbohydrate metabolic disorder characterized by recurrent vomiting, abdominal pain, and hypoglycemia that may be fatal after introduction of fructose or sucrose to the diet that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the aldolase B gene (ALDOB) on chromosome 9q31.
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