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Lactose intolerance in adults in Senegal
Comptes Rendus Des Seances De La Societe De Biologie Et De Ses Filiales
|January 1, 1980
Abstract:
The isolated malabsorption of the lactose in the adult is an hereditary feature while is not found often in the white people but is spread out in black Africa. In Senegal, a ratio of about 29% is verified, changing according to the ethnic composition. Only the Peuhls, of semitic origin, show a full tolerance to lactose.