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Intolerance to lactose and other dietary sugars
D M Swallow1, M Poulter, E J Hollox
1Medical Research Council Human Biochemical Genetics Unit, Galton laboratory, Department of Biology, London, United Kingdom. dswallow@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk
Abstract:
Intolerance of dietary carbohydrate and sugars can result from a variety of genetically determined enzyme and transporter deficiencies. This article reviews this topic and discusses in more detail the current state of our own research on lactase.