Isolated Lactase Deficiency Producing Postgastrectomy Milk Intolerance
Authors: JACK D. WELSH
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1966)

Article1 June 1966Isolated Lactase Deficiency Producing Postgastrectomy Milk IntoleranceJACK D. WELSH, M.D., ROBERT W. SHAW, B.S., ANTHONY WALKER, B.S.JACK D. WELSH, M.D., ROBERT W. SHAW, B.S., ANTHONY WALKER, B.S.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-64-6-1252 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe ingestion of milk and milk products may precipitate postprandial symptoms in some patients after gastric surgery for peptic ulcer disease (1). Milk allergy (2), location of the gastrojejunal anastomosis (3), and intestinal lactase deficiency (4) have been suggested as possible causes. Two patients whose postgastrectomy symptoms were associated with an isolated lactase deficiency were subjects of an earlier report (5). 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Welsh, M.D., Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Medical Center, 800 NE 13th St., Oklahoma City, Okla. 73104. 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