Systematic review: Effective management strategies for lactose intolerance

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 797-803

  Shaukat, Aasma ^a   Levitt, Michael D ^a   Taylor, Brent C ^b   MacDonald, Roderick ^b   Shamliyan, Tatyana A ^c   Kane, Robert L ^c   Wilt, Timothy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTASE; LACTOSE; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RIFAXIMIN; YOGHURT;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADAPTATION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COLON; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS BULGARICUS; LACTOSE HYDROLYZED MILK; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; LACTOSE REDUCED MILK; MEDLINE; MILK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; DAIRY PRODUCT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORECASTING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOOD HABITS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LACTASE; LACTOSE; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; PREVALENCE; PROBIOTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954044465     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-152-12-201006150-00241     Document Type: Conference Paper

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