Does sucrase deficiency in black South Africans protect against colonic disease? [1]

Lancet

Volumn 351, Issue 9097, 1998, Pages 183-

  Veitch, A M ^a   Kelly, P ^b   Segal, I ^b   Spies, S K ^b   Farthing, M J G ^b  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; SUCRASE;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; LETTER; MALABSORPTION; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032539459     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)78213-1     Document Type: Article

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