Gluten-sensitive recurrent aphthous stomatitis.
Twenty selected patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis in whom celiac disease had been specifically excluded were placed on a gluten-free diet. Five patients (25%) showed a favorable response to gluten withdrawal and a positive gluten challenge. Jejunal morphology was normal in all patients indicating gluten sensitivity without enteropathy. Gluten withdrawal provides a further method of treating some patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005492:Folic Acid; D005494:Folic Acid Deficiency; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000276:immunology; D005983:Glutens / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D000090463:Iron Deficiencies; D007583:Jejunum / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D013281:Stomatitis, Aphthous / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000276:immunology*
D005983:Glutens; D005492:Folic Acid