An Italian prospective multicenter survey on patients suspected of having non-celiac gluten sensitivity

BMC Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Volta, Umberto ^a   Bardella, Maria T ^b   Calabrò, Antonino ^c   Troncone, Riccardo ^d   Corazza, Gino R ^e   Bagnato, Carmela ^f   Belcari, Claudio ^f   Bellantoni, Antonella ^f   Caio, Giacomo ^f   Calella, Francesca ^f   Cappello, Maria ^f   Ciacci, Carolina ^f   D'Agate, Cinzia ^f   De Vitis, Italo ^f   Di Sabatino, Antonio ^f   Fava, Gianmarco ^f   Frau, Maria Rita ^f   Fugazza, Alessandro ^f   Grassi, Stefano Andrea ^f   Larcinese, Giuseppina ^f   Latella, Giovanni ^f   Lauri, Adriano ^f   Lauria, Angelo ^f   Lenoci, Nicoletta ^f   Lopez Rios, Norma Beatriz ^f   Macchia, Donatella ^f   Minelli, Mauro ^f   Molinari, Beba ^f   Morelli, Olivia ^f   Mumolo, Maria Gloria ^f   Niccoli, Giovanni ^f   Pacenza, Caterina ^f   Pallone, Francesco ^f   Parente, Fabrizio ^f   Pulitanò, Raffaella ^f   Pumpo, Rossella ^f   Riegler, Gabriele ^f   Rispo, Antonio ^f   Rispoli, Flavio Romolo ^f   Tedone, Francesco ^f   Valiante, Flavio ^f   Viviani, Giovanni ^f   Satta, Paolo Usai ^f   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Anti gliadin antibodies; Celiac disease; Clinical picture; Duodenal biopsy; Non celiac gluten sensitivity; Prospective survey

Indexed keywords

GLIADIN; HLA DQ2 ANTIGEN; HLA DQ8 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; GLUTEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; APHTHOUS STOMATITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOATING; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DUODENUM BIOPSY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FAMILY HISTORY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GRAVES DISEASE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTESTINE MUCOSA; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NON CELIAC GLUTEN SENSITIVITY; NUTRITIONAL INTOLERANCE; PARESTHESIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSORIASIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCLERODERMA; AGE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GLUTEN FREE DIET; IMMUNOLOGY; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET, GLUTEN-FREE; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GLUTENS; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901301250     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-12-85     Document Type: Article

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