Primary lactase deficiency and past malarial endemicity in Sardinia

Italian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 490-493

  Meloni, T ^a   Colombo, C ^a   Ruggiu, G ^a   Dessena, M ^a   Meloni, G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Malaria; Primary lactase deficiency

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTASE; LACTOSE;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; ITALY; LACTASE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BREATH TESTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HUMANS; ITALY; LACTOSE; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031739456     PISSN: 11258055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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