"Lactose" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A disaccharide of GLUCOSE and GALACTOSE in human and cow milk. It is used in pharmacy for tablets, in medicine as a nutrient, and in industry.
| Descriptor ID |
D007785
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D09.698.629.305.340 D09.947.750.340
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lactose" by people in Profiles.
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Prospective study of diet and ovarian cancer. Am J Epidemiol. 1999 Jan 01; 149(1):21-31.
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Lactose metabolism and time to pregnancy. Fertil Steril. 1996 Sep; 66(3):384-8.
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Lactose and galactose intake and metabolism in relation to the risk of epithelial ovarian cancer. Am J Epidemiol. 1995 Mar 01; 141(5):407-16.