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SUBMITTER: Mattar R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3401057 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mattar Rejane R de Campos Mazo Daniel Ferraz DF Carrilho Flair José FJ
Clinical and experimental gastroenterology 20120705
Most people are born with the ability to digest lactose, the major carbohydrate in milk and the main source of nutrition until weaning. Approximately 75% of the world's population loses this ability at some point, while others can digest lactose into adulthood. This review discusses the lactase-persistence alleles that have arisen in different populations around the world, diagnosis of lactose intolerance, and its symptomatology and management. ...[more]