The prevalence of lactose intolerance (adult hypolactasia) in a randomly selected New Zealand population

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 1308, 2010, Pages 117-118

  Upton, Jeff ^a   George, Peter ^b  

^a Molecular Pathology Laboratory   (New Zealand)

^b CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA POLYMERASE; ENDONUCLEASE; MINICHROMOSOME MAINTENANCE PROTEIN 6;

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LACTASE DEFICIENCY; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; LETTER; MUTATION; NEW ZEALAND; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 75849158134     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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