title: [Lactose deficient intestinal absorption (LDIA) in a population of healthy Mexican children studied with the hydrogen ion test in air breathing].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Gastroenterologia y Nutrición, Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, Mexico, D.F. Mexico.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cervantes Bustamante
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ramirez Mayans
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Orozco Martinez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Figueroa Solano
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rizo Garnica
authors.forename: C I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Oyervides García
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mata Rivera
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sosa de Martinez
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Muñoz Medina
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D011522:Protons