TY - JOUR T1 - The galactomins - semi-synthetic food powders JF - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin JO - Drug Ther Bull SP - 53 LP - 55 DO - 10.1136/dtb.9.14.53 VL - 9 IS - 14 A2 - , Y1 - 1971/07/02 UR - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/9/14/53.abstract N2 - 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. ER -