Absence of toxicity of oats in patients with dermatitis herpetiformis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 337, Issue 26, 1997, Pages 1884-1887

  Hardman, Catherine M ^a   Garioch, Jennifer J ^a   Leonard, Jonathan N ^a   Thomas, Huw J W ^a   Walker, Marjorie M ^a   Lortan, Jennifer E ^a   Lister, Angela ^a   Fry, Lionel ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD COMPOSITION; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; AVENA SATIVA; DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS; DIET; FEMALE; GLUTEN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INTESTINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN;

EID: 0031436165     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199712253372604     Document Type: Article

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