Items for "exclusion diet"

Time to reconsider the clinical value of immunoglobulin G4 to foods?

Background: The usefulness of serum antibodies to common food antigens (immunoglobulin G4; IgG4) assay in management of patients suffering from food intolerance was assessed.

Methods: A total of 22 asymptomatic healthy subjects and 68 patients with symptoms referred for suspected food intolerance were studied...

Keywords: diagnostic accuracy, exclusion diet, food intolerance, food-specific IgG4 antibody