Food-specific IgG4-guided exclusion diets improve symptoms in Crohn's disease: A pilot study

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1009-1013

  Rajendran, N ^a   Kumar, Devinder ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Disease activity; Exclusion diet; IgG4

Indexed keywords

FOOD ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROHN DISEASE; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT PROJECTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051774391     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2010.02373.x     Document Type: Article

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