Issue Highlights

Testing for celiac disease is an appropriate diagnostic step in patients presenting with chronic diarrhea and or abdominal pain.1 Patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and negative celiac tests frequently will attempt a gluten free diet (GFD) nonetheless with varying success. In this issue of Clinical Gastroenterology& Hepatology, Pinto-Sanchez and colleagues provide data to guide recommendations regarding a GFD in patients with IBS.2 They tested for anti-gliadin antibodies in 50 patients with IBS diagnosed base on ROME III criteria.
Source: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Tags: Issue Highlights Source Type: research