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CONGENITAL LACTOSE INTOLERANCE OF GASTROGEN ORIGIN ASSOCIATED WITH CATARACTS
Author(s) -
RUSSO GIUSEPPE,
MOLCICA FLORINDO,
MAZZONE DOMENICO,
SANTONOCITO BENEDETTA
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1974.tb04830.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lactose , lactose intolerance , cataracts , pediatrics , proband , gastroenterology , food science , ophthalmology , genetics , mutation , chemistry , biology , gene
. Russo, G., Mollica, F., Mazzone, D. and Santonacito, B. (Paediatric Clinic, University of Catania, Catania, Italy). Congenital lactose intolerance of gastrogen origin associated with cataracts. Acta Paediatr Scand, 63: 457, 1974.–A case of congenital lactose intolerance with lactosuria associated with bilateral cataracts in a male infant is described. Lactosuria and cataracts were also present in four members of the two preceding generations. According to per oral lactose tolerance tests evidence of transient intestinal lactose deficiency was found in the proband, and it was shown that lactosuria was related to the gastric passage of the lactose, since it disappeared when lactose was given intraduodenally.