title: Food allergy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
abstract: Three hundred patients of the Swiss Rheumatoid Arthritis Patient Union were asked by questionnaire whether they had any adverse reaction from food. Of the 159 replies 52 gave a positive history. Thirty-five patients could be further evaluated. Six patients, who gave the most typical history of allergy, were investigated clinically, with laboratory tests and technetium-scintigramme after food challenge. There was no sign of an immunologic reaction in any of the measured parameters. The other patients were interviewed a second time with an extensive allergological questionnaire. None of the food intolerances could be substantiated.
mesh_terms: D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex / Q000032:analysis; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D010328:Patch Tests
chemical_list: D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex