PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE ED - , TI - The galactomins - semi-synthetic food powders AID - 10.1136/dtb.9.14.53 DP - 1971 Jul 02 TA - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin PG - 53--55 VI - 9 IP - 14 4099 - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/9/14/53.short 4100 - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/9/14/53.full SO - Drug Ther Bull1971 Jul 02; 9 AB - Carbohydrate intolerance includes two types of condition: (a) those with a specific inherited enzyme defect, as in galactosaemia or essential fructose intolerance, and (b) those with malabsorption of a carbohydrate. The second type of disorder is occasionally a primary inherited defect but is more usually secondary to some clinical condition such as gastroenteritis, surgery in the neonate, coeliac disease, sprue, kwashiorkor, or chronic infection.