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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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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description 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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spelling pubmed-34010572012-07-23 Lactose intolerance: diagnosis, genetic, and clinical factors Mattar, Rejane de Campos Mazo, Daniel Ferraz Carrilho, Flair José Clin Exp Gastroenterol Review 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. Dove Medical Press 2012-07-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3401057/ /pubmed/22826639 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CEG.S32368 Text en © 2012 Mattar et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd. This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.
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