Crohn's disease and ruminant farming. Got lactase?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-13

  Juste, Ramón A ^a  

^a NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTOSE;

ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; DAIRYING; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INNATE IMMUNITY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; LIVESTOCK; MILK PRODUCTION; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; PARATUBERCULOSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN INTAKE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

ANIMALS; CROHN DISEASE; DAIRYING; HUMANS; LACTASE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RUMINANTS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; EQUIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77953357197     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.02.048     Document Type: Article

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