Lactose intolerance: diagnosis, genetic, and clinical factors

Most people are born with the ability to digest lactose, the major carbohydrate in milk and the main source of nutrition until weaning. Approximately 75% of the world’s population loses this ability at some point, while others can digest lactose into adulthood. This review discusses the lactase-pers...

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Autores principales: Mattar, Rejane, de Campos Mazo, Daniel Ferraz, Carrilho, Flair José
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2012
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3401057/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22826639
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CEG.S32368
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Sumario:Most people are born with the ability to digest lactose, the major carbohydrate in milk and the main source of nutrition until weaning. Approximately 75% of the world’s population loses this ability at some point, while others can digest lactose into adulthood. This review discusses the lactase-persistence alleles that have arisen in different populations around the world, diagnosis of lactose intolerance, and its symptomatology and management.

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