Lactose intolerance in infants with gluten-sensitive enteropathy: Frequency and clinical characteristics

Gluten intolerance, gluten enteropathy, and coeliac disease.

Gluten-sensitive enteropathy: Synthesis

The intestinal mucosa of patients with gluten-sensitive enteropathy responds to gluten challenge in vivo with a striking increase in IgA and IgM synthesis. Whether this increase in immunoglobulin synthesis is due in some part to the production of antigliadin antibodies is examined. Using an affinity chromatography technique it has been demonstrated that in six of seven patients with gluten-sens...

CLINICAL REPORT Lactose Intolerance in Infants, Children, and Adolescents

The American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Nutrition presents an updated review of lactose intolerance in infants, children, and adolescents. Differences between primary, secondary, congenital, and developmental lactase deficiency that may result in lactose intolerance are discussed. Children with suspected lactose intolerance can be assessed clinically by dietary lactose elimination or by...

Lactose intolerance in infants, children, and adolescents.

The American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Nutrition presents an updated review of lactose intolerance in infants, children, and adolescents. Differences between primary, secondary, congenital, and developmental lactase deficiency that may result in lactose intolerance are discussed. Children with suspected lactose intolerance can be assessed clinically by dietary lactose elimination or by...

Gluten-sensitive enteropathy associated with genital lichen simplex chronicus

A 49-year-old woman presented to the dermatology department with a 10-year history of anogenital itching. The pruritus was often so severe that she would scratch until she drew blood. Her symptoms had been partially controlled with Dermovate NN cream during the year prior to her presentation but were still impacting heavily on her quality of life. She denied the use of wet wipes, soap or pant l...