Lactase deficiency: Not more common in pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease than in patients with chronic abdominal pain

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 339-343

  Pfefferkorn, Marian D ^a   Fitzgerald, Joseph F ^a   Croffie, Joseph M ^a   Gupta, Sandeep K ^a   Corkins, Mark R ^a   Molleston, Jean P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crohn disease; Inflammatory bowel disease; Lactase deficiency; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

LACTASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUODENUM BIOPSY; DUODENUM DISEASE; ENTERITIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LACTASE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LACTASE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036735163     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005176-200209000-00019     Document Type: Article

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