Long-Term Effect of a Gluten-Free Diet on Diarrhoea- or Bloating-Predominant Functional Bowel Disease: Role of the 'Low-Grade Coeliac Score' and the 'Coeliac Lymphogram' in the Response Rate to the Diet.
Fernando Fernández-BañaresBeatriz ArauAgnès RagaMontserrat AceitunoEva TristánAnna CarrascoLaura RuizAlbert Martín-CardonaPablo Ruiz-RamírezMaria EstevePublished in: Nutrients (2021)
A GFD is effective in the long-term treatment of patients with previously unexplained chronic watery diarrhoea- or bloating-predominant symptoms fulfilling the criteria of FBD. The response rate was much higher in the subgroup of patients defined by the presence of both a positive low-grade coeliac score and coeliac lymphogram.
Keyphrases
- low grade
- high grade
- end stage renal disease
- irritable bowel syndrome
- physical activity
- weight loss
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- randomized controlled trial
- clinical trial
- depressive symptoms
- patient reported outcomes
- sleep quality
- patient reported
- open label
- drug induced
- double blind
- placebo controlled