A genetic test which can be used to diagnose adult-type hypolactasia in children

Gut

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1571-1576

  Rasinpera H ^b   Savilahti, E ^b   Enattah, N S ^b   Kuokkanen, M ^b   Totterman N ^b   Lindahl, H ^b   Jarvela I ^c   Kolho, K L ^a,b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LACTASE DEFICIENCY; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALABSORPTION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STOMACH BIOPSY; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISACCHARIDASES; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINES; LACTASE; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MALE; MILK; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 7244255746     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2004.040048     Document Type: Article

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