Improved clinical tolerance to chronic lactose ingestion in subjects with lactose intolerance: A placebo effect?

Gut

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1997, Pages

  Briet, F ^a   Pochart, P ^b   Marteau, P ^a   Flourie, B ^a   Arrigoni, E ^a   Rambaud, J C ^a  

^a Hopital Saint Lazare   (France)

^b Chaire de Biol en Vue des Applic   (France)

Author keywords

Colonic adaptation; Lactase deficiency; Lactose; Lactose intolerance

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HYDROGEN; LACTOSE; PLACEBO; SUCROSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON FLORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MALE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST;

EID: 20644467978     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.41.5.632     Document Type: Article

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