1. Bahutu children 4-10 years after diagnosis and (Eggermont and Loeb, 1966). At least 11 welltreatment of kwashiorkor. Lactase levels in 18 documented cases prove the wide distribution of biopsy specimens were low. Lactase deficiency was this inborn error of metabolism; familiarity with its confirmed in 17 children by tolerance tests. All clinical manifestation will in due course lead to a other disaccharidases were within normal limits. true assessment of its incidence