Social cognition, emotion-regulation and social competence in classical galactosemia patients without intellectual disability.

This study shows that CG patients without intellectual disability are satisfied with their social competence, especially social functioning. Nevertheless, deficits in social cognition are present in a large proportion of CG-patients. Due to the large variability in scores and discrepancies between self- and proxy-report, an individually tailored, comprehensive neuropsychological assessment including social cognition is advised in all CG-patients. Treatment plans need to be customized to the individual patient.