Article
[Lactose intolerance: past and present. Part 1].
Orvosi hetilap - 20 Sept 2015
Buzás György Miklós
Abstract excerpt
Lactose intolerance is the most prevalent intestinal malabsorption disorder. After presentation of its history, the author describes the emergence of lactose intolerance during the evolution of species, and the biochemistry of lactose as well as features of human and bacterial lactase enzymes are then described. The unequal distribution of lactose intolerance in different continents and population is discussed,...
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