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Prevalence of adult-type hypolactasia as diagnosed with genetic and lactose hydrogen breath tests in Hungarians.
European journal of clinical nutrition - 1 Jul 2009
Nagy D, Bogácsi-Szabó E, Várkonyi A, Csányi B, Czibula A, Bede O, Tari B, Raskó I
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence of adult-type hypolactasia varies ethnically and geographically among populations. A C/T(-13910) single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), upstream of the lactase gene, is known to be associated with lactase non-persistence. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of lactase-persistent and non-persistent genotypes in the Hungarian population, the age at onset and the applicability of the...
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