The Role of Disaccharidase Deficiencies in Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders-A Narrative Review.

Mora V Puertolas, Amanda C Fifi

Journal: Nutrients 2019;10(12):1835

PMID: 30501067

Abstract

Disaccharidase deficiencies are reportedly underdiagnosed in pediatric populations. Though typically thought to cause diarrheal disease, they can also be a cause of abdominal pain and dyspepsia, and patients diagnosed with these functional disorders may actually have associated enzyme deficiencies. While the effects of lactose deficiency have been widely studied, sucrase, maltase, and isomaltase are less frequently considered when approaching a patient with an apparent functional abdominal pain disorder. This review seeks to provide an up-to-date narrative on the current scientific literature on the possible role of sucrase, maltase, and isomaltase deficiency in pediatric functional gastrointestinal disorders.

Address: Department of Pediatrics, Holtz Children's Hospital, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine/Jackson Memorial Medical Center, 1611 NW 12th Ave, Miami, FL 33136, USA. [email protected].; Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1601 NW 12th Ave, Miami, FL 33137, USA. [email protected].

DOI: 10.3390/nu10121835

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MeSH Terms: Abdominal Pain, Adolescent, Carbohydrate Metabolism, Inborn Errors, Child, Child, Preschool, Disaccharidases, Dyspepsia, Glycogen Storage Disease Type II, Humans, Infant, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Sucrase-Isomaltase Complex