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Query: UMLS:C0000729 (
abdominal cramps
)
531
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Nineteen of 20 healthy Oriental adults living in the United States developed
abdominal cramps
and diarrhea after ingesting an amount of lactose equivalent to that in one quart of milk; 14 reported similar symptoms after one or two glasses of milk; all had consumed milk as infants without having such symptoms. Two of 20 Caucasians tested were intolerant to milk and lactose. Many Orientals therefore may have a genetically determined
lactase
deficiency that may lead to intolerance to milk. Since
lactase
deficiency is also common among Negroes, the bulk of the world's adult population is probably intolerant to milk.
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PMID:Milk and lactose intolerance in healthy Orientals. 569 56
