Non-celiac wheat sensitivity as an allergic condition: Personal experience and narrative review

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1845-1852

  Carroccio, Antonio ^a   Mansueto, Pasquale ^a   D'Alcamo, Alberto ^a   Iacono, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b G Di Cristina Children s Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTYLCRESOL; CASEIN; CLAUDIN 1; FOOD ANTIGEN; GLIADIN ANTIBODY; HLA DQ2 ANTIGEN; HLA DQ8 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LACTOGLOBULIN; OCCLUDIN;

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANUS FISSURE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ATOPY; BASOPHIL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL SURFACE; COLON MUCOSA; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOFLUOROMETRY; DERMATITIS; DIET RESTRICTION; DUODENUM MUCOSA; EOSINOPHIL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOOD ALLERGY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; IRRITABLE COLON; LAMINA PROPRIA; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NARRATIVE; PATHOGENESIS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTOCOLITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; UPREGULATION; WHEAT; WHEAT ALLERGY;

CELIAC DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; TRITICUM;

EID: 84889673286     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2013.353     Document Type: Review

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