Evaluation of a new DNA test compared with the lactose hydrogen breath test for the diagnosis of lactose non-persistence

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 371-376

  Högenauer, Christoph ^a   Hammer, Heinz F ^a   Mellitzer, Karin ^a   Renner, Wilfried ^a   Krejs, Günter J ^a   Toplak, Hermann ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Genotype; Lactase non persistence; Lactose intolerance; Lactose malabsorption; Malabsorption syndromes

Indexed keywords

LACTOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DUODENUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; LACTASE DEFICIENCY; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BREATH TESTS; DNA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; LACTASE; LACTOSE; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; LACTOSE TOLERANCE TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 15744365954     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200503000-00018     Document Type: Article

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