Food-specific IgG4 antibody-guided exclusion diet improves symptoms and rectal compliance in irritable bowel syndrome

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 800-807

  Zar, Sameer ^a   Mincher, Lynne ^b   Benson, Martin J ^b   Kumar, Devinder ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST HELIER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barostat; Exclusion diet; Food specific IgG4 antibody; Irritable bowel syndrome; Rectal compliance; Rectal sensory threshold

Indexed keywords

FOOD ANTIGEN; FOOD SPECIFIC IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEEF; BLOATING; CHEESE; CHICKEN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); DEFECATION; DEFECATION HABIT; DEPRESSION; DIET RESTRICTION; EGG; EXCLUSION DIET; FEMALE; FISH; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LAMB; MALE; MEAT; MILK; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEANUT; PORK; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM; RECTUM COMPLIANCE; RICE; SHRIMP; SOYBEAN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOMATO; WHEAT; YEAST;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; DIARRHEA; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22144438337     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520510015593     Document Type: Article

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