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Genetic testing improves the diagnosis of adult type hypolactasia in the Mediterranean population of Sardinia.
European journal of clinical nutrition - 1 Oct 2007
Schirru E, Corona V, Usai-Satta P, Scarpa M, Oppia F, Loriga F, Cucca F, De Virgiliis S, Rossino R, Macis M Doloretta, Jores R-D, Congia M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Recently, the C/T-13910 polymorphism on chromosome 2q21 in North-European populations has been found completely associated with lactase activity and its genetic typing proposed as first-stage screening test for adult hypolactasia. However, the C/T-13910 variant in some sub-Saharan African groups is not a predictor of lactase persistence. In this work, we wanted to verify if in the Mediterranean island...
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