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A genetic test which can be used to diagnose adult-type hypolactasia in children.
Gut - 1 Nov 2004
Rasinperä H, Savilahti E, Enattah N S, Kuokkanen M, Tötterman N, Lindahl H, Järvelä I, Kolho K-L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Adult-type hypolactasia (primary lactose malabsorption) affects most of world's human population and limits the use of fresh milk due to lactose intolerance. The diagnosis of adult-type hypolactasia has been difficult to establish because of unsatisfactory diagnostic methods. C/T(-13910) single nucleotide polymorphism residing 13910 base pairs from the 5' end of the lactase gene has been shown to...
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