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ORPHA:53690Disease
What it is
Congenital lactase deficiency is a rare severe gastrointestinal disorder in newborns primarily reported in Finland and characterized clinically by watery diarrhea on feeding with breast-milk or lactose-containing formula.
Key facts
- Prevalence
- 1-9 / 100 000 (Europe)
- Age of onset
- Adult, Childhood, Infancy, Neonatal
- Inheritance
- Autosomal recessive
- Classified as
- Disease
Prevalence figures describe populations, not individuals, and are often estimates from a single study. Where the figure is an incidence or a birth prevalence, it says so.
Gene
ICD-10 codes
Related health topics
Reached through the ICD-10 categories this disease is filed under, so these describe the broader group rather than this disease specifically.
Cross-references
Orphadata Science: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Data version 2026-06-23. Available under CC BY 4.0. This is a reference, not medical advice.
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