Lactose intolerance genetic testing: Is it useful as routine screening? Results on 1426 south-central Italy patients

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 439, Issue , 2015, Pages 14-17

  Santonocito, Concetta ^a   Scapaticci, Margherita ^a   Guarino, Donatella ^a   Annicchiarico, Eleonora Brigida ^b   Lisci, Rosalia ^a   Penitente, Romina ^a   Gasbarrini, Antonio ^b   Zuppi, Cecilia ^a   Capoluongo, Ettore ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breath test; Genetic test; Lactose intolerance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENETIC TESTING; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; LACTOSE TOLERANCE TEST; METHODS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENETIC TESTING; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; LACTOSE TOLERANCE TEST; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907986185     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2014.09.026     Document Type: Article

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