PEDIATRICS Vol. 40 No. 1 July 1967, pp. 135-136
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Transferase Activity in Hemolysates of the Newborn

WILLIAM J. MELLMAN M.D.1 and THOMAS A. TEDESCO 1

1 Departments of Pediatrics and Medical Genetics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The recent report by Ng, et al. (Pediatrics, 39:293, 1967) was welcomed by us since it offered an explanation for the difference between our experience and theirs with the measurement of galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase (transferase) in the newborn by the UDPG consumption assay. We have found high normal or increased activity in newborn hemolysates by a modification of the UDPG consumption assay that we have employed.