AIM To investigate whether duration of breastfeeding and timing of gluten introduction influence the age at diagnosis and severity of celiac disease. METHODS Medical records of 89 infants (59 girls and 30 boys; mean age of 14.2 months, standard deviation 4.80) diagnosed with classic celiac disease at the University Children's Hospital in Belgrade from 2000 to 2008 were retrospectively analyze...

An evaluation of the effect of 1 year of a gluten-free diet was performed in patients with irritable bowel syndrome and fibromyalgia syndrome displaying lymphocytic enteritis. Gluten withdrawal produced a slight but significant improvement of the functional symptoms, suggesting that gluten might be partly responsible for this clinical picture. This hypothesis should be confirmed by a double-bli...

AIMS To investigate the relation between psychological functioning of subjects with Down syndrome, and their levels of urine peptide and serum antibodies to food proteins. METHODS 55 children with Down syndrome in a cross-sectional study. Psychological functioning was measured by the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale: Fourth Edition, McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities and Fagan's compute...

The aim of this study was to understand the chemistry of spelt (Triticum aestivum ssp. spelta) gluten in relation to its quality, to classify European spelt cultivars based on gluten quality, and to compare their protein compositions with those of modern wheats. Gluten quality of two sets of 25 spelt cultivars was studied using dynamic oscillatory and creep tests, an SDS sedimentation test, moi...

.. Objective: To evaluate effectiveness of treating previously untreated patients with celiac disease with both a gluten free diet and bisphosphonate in order to significantly increase their BMD’s to a greater extent than a gluten free diet alone. Patients and methods: The study was conducted in National Institute of Child Health (NICH) Karachi to evaluate the effectiveness of treating previous...

Background: Non-celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS) is a clinical entity characterized by intestinal and/or extra-intestinal symptoms related to the ingestion of gluten in individuals that are not affected by either celiac disease (CD) or wheat allergy (WA). Since we do not have specific biomarkers for NCGS, the diagnosis is based on the evidence of a clear relationship between the ingestion of gl...