Small Amounts of Gluten in Subjects With Suspected Nonceliac Gluten Sensitivity: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Cross-Over Trial

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1604-1612.e3

  Di Sabatino, Antonio ^a   Volta, Umberto ^b   Salvatore, Chiara ^a   Biancheri, Paolo ^a   Caio, Giacomo ^b   De Giorgio, Roberto ^b   Di Stefano, Michele ^a   Corazza, Gino R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Extraintestinal; Gluten; Intestinal; Nonceliac Gluten Sensitivity; Placebo

Indexed keywords

GLUTEN; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; APHTHOUS STOMATITIS; ARTICLE; BLOATING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRAINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; FEMALE; FOGGY MIND; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HUMAN; INTESTINAL SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NONCELIAC GLUTEN SENSITIVITY; NUTRITIONAL INTOLERANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STUDY DESIGN; SYMPTOM; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; PATHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STOMATITIS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GLUTENS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; PLACEBOS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STOMATITIS;

EID: 84939572964     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: 15427714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2015.01.029     Document Type: Article

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