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Excellent agreement between genetic and hydrogen breath tests for lactase deficiency and the role of extended symptom assessment.
The British journal of nutrition - 1 Sept 2010
Pohl D, Savarino E, Hersberger M, Behlis Z, Stutz B, Goetze O, Eckardstein A V, Fried M, Tutuian R
Abstract excerpt
Clinical manifestations of lactase (LCT) deficiency include intestinal and extra-intestinal symptoms. Lactose hydrogen breath test (H2-BT) is considered the gold standard to evaluate LCT deficiency (LD). Recently, the single-nucleotide polymorphism C/T(-13910) has been associated with LD. The objectives of the present study were to evaluate the agreement between genetic testing of LCT C/T(-13910) and lactose...
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