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Revista Cubana de Pediatría
On-line version ISSN 1561-3119
Abstract
IZQUIERDO ESTEVEZ, Arnaldo; HERNANDEZ FERNANDEZ, Carlos M.; LEON GARCIA, Ramiro E. and PADRON CONCEPCION, Tomás L.. Actividad lactásica en niños con enfermedad diarreica por Giardia lamblia. Rev Cubana Pediatr [online]. 1998, vol.70, n.1, pp. 27-31. ISSN 1561-3119.
A prospective analytical cross-sectional study was made with the objective of setting likely differences in Beta-galactosidase performance in under 2 years-old children admitted with diarrheal disease due to Giardia lamblia to «Ángel A. Aballí» Teaching Pediatric Hospitals Diarrhea Service Unit from December 1994 to November 1995. Levels of the enzime activity were determined according to the several characterization variable categories of the child and his disease. The outcome showed the decline in diarrheal disease in thesechildren and the different performance patterns of this enzime depending on age, nutrition and mucosa atrophic level.
Keywords : DIARRHEA INFANTILE [etiology]; DIARRHEA INFANTILE [enzymology]; BETA-GALACTOSIDADES [metabolism]; NUTRITIONAL STATUS.