Year: 2015
Type: editorial
Abstract: In the April issue, GHFBB is publishing a number of papers that focuses on the clinical and immunohistochemical diagnosis of gluten-related disorders. Dietary intervention for example, has revolutionised the treatment of patients with disabling irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Increasingly, we are discovering that a large proportion of diagnoses such as IBS present with food-related bowel symptoms which mask the treatable presentation of either transient or permanent gluten sensitivity (1). A gluten-free diet is used by wide numbers of people and has been increasingly prescribed by health professionals over recent years for patients with “non-coeliac gluten-related ” disorders. In particular, the use of a
Language: English
Subfield: Gastroenterology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1486114458