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Sucrose intolerance

 
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Sucrose intolerance
Classification and external resources
Sucrose
ICD-10 E74.3
ICD-9 271.3
OMIM 222900
DiseasesDB 29844

Sucrose intolerance, also called Congenital Sucrase-Isomaltase Deficiency (CSID)[1] or Sucrase-isomaltase deficiency,[2] is the condition in which sucrase, an enzyme needed for proper metabolization of sucrose, is not produced in the small intestine.

It is more common among the Inupiat.[3]

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Presentation

The result of consuming sucrose is excess gas production and often diarrhea and malabsorption.

References

  1. ^ Sander P, Alfalah M, Keiser M, et al. (January 2006). "Novel mutations in the human sucrase-isomaltase gene (SI) that cause congenital carbohydrate malabsorption". Hum. Mutat. 27 (1): 119. doi:10.1002/humu.9392. PMID 16329100. 
  2. ^ Baudon JJ, Veinberg F, Thioulouse E, Morgant G, Aymard P, Charritat JL (April 1996). "Sucrase-isomaltase deficiency: changing pattern over two decades". J. Pediatr. Gastroenterol. Nutr. 22 (3): 284–8. PMID 8708882. http://meta.wkhealth.com/pt/pt-core/template-journal/lwwgateway/media/landingpage.htm?issn=0277-2116&volume=22&issue=3&spage=284. 
  3. ^ Meier RJ, Draper H, Milan F (January 1991). "Pedigree analysis of sucrose intolerance among Native Alaskans". Arctic Med Res 50 (1): 8–12. PMID 2021397. 

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