[Lactose deficient intestinal absorption (LDIA) in a population of healthy Mexican children studied with the hydrogen ion test in air breathing].
We studied 100 healthy children looking for lactose malabsortion. We performed in all of them the lactose breath test. We found a 10% with lactose malabsortion. There was no correlation between lactose breath test and fecal reducing substances.
Cervantes Bustamante
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Servicio de Gastroenterologia y Nutrición, Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, Mexico, D.F. Mexico.
Ramirez Mayans
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Orozco Martinez
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Figueroa Solano
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Rizo Garnica
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Oyervides García
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Mata Rivera
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Sosa de Martinez
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Muñoz Medina
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D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000379:methods; D005243:Feces / Q000737:chemistry; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007223:Infant; D007787:Lactose Intolerance / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011522:Protons; D012119:Respiration
D002241:Carbohydrates; D011522:Protons