title: Gluten-free diet in the management of patients with irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia and lymphocytic enteritis.
abstract: An evaluation of the effect of 1 year of a gluten-free diet was performed in patients with irritable bowel syndrome and fibromyalgia syndrome displaying lymphocytic enteritis. Gluten withdrawal produced a slight but significant improvement of the functional symptoms, suggesting that gluten might be partly responsible for this clinical picture. This hypothesis should be confirmed by a double-blind placebo-controlled trial since it cannot be ruled out that the studied patients displayed a subjective sensation of improvement due to the placebo effect of gluten withdrawal. Further investigations are needed before recommending gluten withdrawal in patients with fibromyalgia and lymphocytic enteritis.
authors.forename: Umberto
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Volta
mesh_terms: D055050:Diet, Gluten-Free / Q000379:methods*; D004751:Enteritis / Q000178:diet therapy*; D005260:Female; D005356:Fibromyalgia / Q000178:diet therapy*; D006801:Humans; D043183:Irritable Bowel Syndrome / Q000178:diet therapy*; D008297:Male