The European lactase persistence genotype determines the lactase persistence state and correlates with gastrointestinal symptoms in the Hispanic and Amerindian Chilean population: a case-control and population-based study

BMJ Open

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Morales, Eugenia ^a   Azocar, Lorena ^a   Maul, Ximena ^a   Perez, Claudio ^a   Chianale, José ^a   Miquel, Juan Francisco ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

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EID: 84857235331     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000125     Document Type: Article

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