title: Disorders of carbohydrate digestion and absorption.
abstract: The carbohydrate malabsorptive syndromes are frequently seen by pediatricians. The congenital deficiency states are quite rare, but adult type hypolactasia and lactose intolerance following rotavirus infection are recognized with increasing frequency by primary care physicians. Therapy for these disorders involves identification of the offending carbohydrate, removal of the carbohydrate from the diet, and exclusion of other entities that may result in carbohydrate malabsorption but not respond to its removal from the diet. Prognosis for both the primary and secondary carbohydrate malabsorption syndromes is excellent. Compliance with diets for those pediatric patients who will require lifelong therapy remains problematic.
authors.affiliation: International Institute for Infant Nutrition and Gastrointestinal Disease, Children's Hospital of Buffalo.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Heitlinger
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lebenthal
mesh_terms: D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D004063:Digestion; D006801:Humans; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D008286:Malabsorption Syndromes / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009753:Nutritive Value
chemical_list: D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates