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Lactose Intolerance

Known as: Hypolactasia, Malabsorption, Lactose, cow's milk enteropathy 
Inability to fully digest and absorb lactose due to limited or no lactase activity in the small intestine. Congenital intolerance is inherited… 
National Institutes of Health

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Food AllergyGastrointestinal systemIn BloodIntestines

Broader (3)

Gastrointestinal DiseasesIntestinal Disaccharidase Deficiency and Disaccharide MalabsorptionNutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Narrower (1)

Lactase Deficiency, Congenital

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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Impact of vitamin D and hypolactasia on bone mineral density: a population-based study in Estonia
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Digestion and tolerance of lactose from yoghurt and different semi-solid fermented dairy products containing Lactobacillus acidophilus and bifidobacteria in lactose maldigesters--is bacterial lactase…
OBJECTIVE To compare the digestibility and tolerance of lactose from three semi-solid fermented dairy products with the same… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
A novel intestinal trans-factor (NF-LPH1) interacts with the lactase-phlorizin hydrolase promoter and co-varies with the enzymatic activity.
The promoter of the pig lactase-phlorizin hydrolase was cloned and showed to be functional in the human intestinal cell line… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Relationship of lactose intolerance to milk intolerance in young children.
The prevalence of lactose intolerance as revealed by the standard lactose tolerance test was compared with the occurrence of… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
The inheritance of selective adult-type lactose malabsorption.
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Lactose Intolerance in Thailand
MCGILLIVRAY1 has suggested that lactose intolerance in Asians is limited to “selected groups of adult students in unfamiliar… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Acquired lactose malabsorption in Thai children.
One hundred seventy-two normal Thai infants and children were studied to determine the prevalence of lactose malabsorption and… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Milk and Lactose Intolerance in Healthy Orientals
Nineteen of 20 healthy Oriental adults living in the United States developed abdominal cramps and diarrhea after ingesting an… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Lactose intolerance in healthy children.
MILK and lactose intolerance are usually not suspected in children if they were able to tolerate milk during infancy… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Lactose Intolerance in Asians
THIS investigation was prompted by the clinical observation of lactose intolerance in five Asian students who were attending a… 
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