Atkinson, Sheldon, Shaath, et al (2003) - Food elimination based on IgG antibodies in irritable bowel syndrome: a randomised controlled trial.

Atkinson, Sheldon, Shaath, et al (2003) - Food elimination based on IgG antibodies in irritable bowel syndrome: a randomised controlled trial.

Atkinson, Sheldon, Shaath, et al (2003) – Food elimination based on IgG antibodies in irritable bowel syndrome: a randomised controlled trial.

Introduction – A total of 150 outpatients with IBS were randomised to receive, for three months, either a diet excluding all foods to which they had raised IgG antibodies (enzyme linked immunosorbant assay test) or a sham diet excluding the same number of foods but not those to which they had antibodies.

Summary – A clinically significant improvement in IBS symptomatology was observed in patients eliminating foods to which they were found to exhibit sensitivity, as identified by an ELISA test for the presence of IgG antibodies to these foods.

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