[Congenital lactase deficiency--a more common disease than previously thought?].

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Congenital lactase deficiency belongs to the Finnish Disease Heritage and is a recessively inherited diarrheal disease of the newborn, in which the activity of the lactase enzyme of the epithelial cells of the small intestine is very low ever since the birth. For the newborn infant, ingestion of lactose causes symptoms so severe that breastfeeding is not possible. Untreated disease leads to dehydration that...

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