title: Disorders of carbohydrate absorption in clinical practice.
abstract: The most important of the genetically determined causes of carbohydrate malabsorption, lactase deficiency, affects the majority of the world's adults. Management of carbohydrate malabsorption consists of temporary or permanent removal of the offending sugar from the patient's diet or providing the sugar in a more digestible form.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology/Nutrition, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Montes
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Perman
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D001944:Breath Tests; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D006801:Humans; D008286:Malabsorption Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates