Prevalence of lactose intolerance in Chile: A double-blind placebo study

Digestion

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 18-26

  Latorre, Gonzalo ^a   Besa, Pablo ^a   Parodi, Carmen G ^b   Ferrer, Verónica ^b   Azocar, Lorena ^c   Quirola, Marife ^b   Villarroel, Luis ^d   Miquel, Juan F ^c   Agosin, Eduardo ^c   Chianale, José ^c  

^a Department of Medical ^*  (Chile)

^b Departments of Nutrition and Diabetes   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d Faculty of Medicine   (Chile)

Author keywords

Lactase non persistence; Lactase persistence; Lactose intolerance; Lactose malabsorption; LCT C>T 13910 variant; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

LACTOSE; PLACEBO; SUCROSE; LACTASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; INTESTINE SOUND; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METEORISM; PLACEBO EFFECT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VOMITING; ADOLESCENT; CHILE; ETHNOLOGY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; LACTOSE TOLERANCE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LACTASE; LACTOSE; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; LACTOSE TOLERANCE TEST; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906021592     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: 14219867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000363229     Document Type: Article

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