Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Jan 2015)

Adult Lactose Digestion Status and Effects on Disease

  • Andrew Szilagyi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/904686
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 3
pp. 149 – 156

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Adult assimilation of lactose divides humans into dominant lactase-persistent and recessive nonpersistent phenotypes.