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CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL GASTROENTEROLOGY
Volume 5, Issue -, Pages 113-121Publisher
DOVE MEDICAL PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.2147/CEG.S32368
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hypolactasia; lactase persistence; lactase non-persistence; lactose; LCT gene; MCM6 gene
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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.
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