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Diagnosis of genetic predisposition for lactose intolerance by high resolution melting analysis.
Annales de biologie clinique - 1 Feb 2017
Delacour Hervé, Leduc Amandine, Louçano-Perdriat Andréa, Plantamura Julie, Ceppa Franck
Abstract excerpt
Lactose, the principle sugar in milk, is a disaccharide hydrolyzed by intestinal lactase into glucose and galactose, which are absorbed directly by diffusion in the intestine. The decline of lactase expression (or hypolactasia) in intestinal microvilli after weaning is a normal phenomenon in mammals known as lactase deficiency. It is observed in nearly 75% of the world population and is an inherited autosomal...
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