Ayoung patient is diagnosed with the genetic disorder lactose intolerance, which results in the inability to digest milk products due to a missing enzyme called lactase. what is most likely the cause of lactose intolerance in this patient?
question 1 options:
a. the patient is allergic to milk.
b. the patient stopped consuming milk products.
c. a disease destroyed the lining of the patient’s small intestine.
d. a mutation occurred in the gene that is responsible for producing lactase.