Food allergy in irritable bowel syndrome: new facts and old fallacies.
The notion of food allergy in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is not new. However, recent evidence suggests significant reduction in IBS symptom severity in patients on elimination diets, provided that dietary elimination is based on foods against which the individual had raised IgG antibodies. These findings should encourage studies dissecting the mechanisms responsible for IgG production against dietary antigens and their putative role in IBS
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Department of Paediatrics, Turku University Central Hospital, 20520 Turku, Finland. erika.isolauri@utu.fi
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Kalliomäki
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D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000096:biosynthesis; D043183:Irritable Bowel Syndrome / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology
D007074:Immunoglobulin G