Food Hypersensitivity as a Cause of Rectal Bleeding in Adults

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 120-122

  Carroccio, Antonio ^a   Iacono, Giuseppe ^b   Di Prima, Lidia ^a   Ravelli, Alberto ^c   Pirrone, Giuseppe ^a   Cefalù, Angelo B ^a   Florena, Ada M ^d   Rini, Giovan Battista ^a   Di Fede, Gaetana ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Di Cristina Hospital   (Italy)

^c University Department of Pediatrics   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAY; COLON MUCOSA; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; EOSINOPHIL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEUM MUCOSA; LAMINA PROPRIA; LYMPH FOLLICLE; LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK ALLERGY; OLIGOANTEGENIC DIET; PROVOCATION TEST; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RECURRENT DISEASE; WHEAT ALLERGY;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COLONOSCOPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HEMORRHAGE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LYMPH NODES; MIDDLE AGED; MILK HYPERSENSITIVITY; PLACEBOS; RECTAL DISEASES; RECURRENCE; WHEAT HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 58049203998     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2008.07.029     Document Type: Article

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