IgG and IgG4 antibodies in subjects with irritable bowel syndrome: A case control study in the general population

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ligaarden, Solveig C ^a,b   Lydersen, Stian ^b   Farup, Per G ^a,b  

^a INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adult; Cross sectional studies; Diet; Food Hypersensitivity; Gastrointestinal tract; Human; Immunoglobulin G; Irritable bowel syndrome

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUGAR INTAKE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YEASTS;

EID: 84869233651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-12-166     Document Type: Article

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