Systemic lactose intolerance: A new perspective on an old problem

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 953, 2005, Pages 167-173

  Matthews, S B ^b   Waud, J P ^b   Roberts, A G ^c   Campbell, A K ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Cardiff and Vale Trust HeartLink Project   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTASE; LACTOSE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTHRALGIA; ASTHMA; BREAD; COLON DILATATION; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DIET; DISTRACTIBILITY; DIZZINESS; DNA DETERMINATION; ECZEMA; FLATULENCE; FOOD; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; IRRITABLE COLON; LACTASE DEFICIENCY; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MEAT; MICTURITION; MOUTH ULCER; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; PRURITUS; REVIEW; RHINITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SINUSITIS; SORE THROAT; VOMITING;

ASTHMA; BREATH TESTS; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; LACTASE; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; LACTOSE TOLERANCE TEST; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS;

EID: 15244357924     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2004.025551     Document Type: Review

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