Do dietary lectins cause disease?: The evidence is suggestive—and raises interesting possibilities for treatment

BMJ

Volumn 318, Issue 7190, 1999, Pages 1023-1024

  Freed, David L J ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDOTE; CARBOHYDRATE; GLIADIN; LECTIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; SUGAR;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELIAC DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; EDITORIAL; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SMALL INTESTINE MUCOSA; VOMITING;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DIET; DISEASE; HUMANS; LECTINS;

EID: 0033577557     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.318.7190.1023     Document Type: Editorial

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