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Original Article

Food-specific IgG4 antibody-guided exclusion diet improves symptoms and rectal compliance in irritable bowel syndrome

Sameer Zar OGEM Department, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK
,
Lynne Mincher Dietetic Department, St. Helier Hospital, Carshalton, Surrey, UK
,
Martin J. Benson Department of Gastroenterology, St. Helier Hospital, Carshalton, Surrey, UK
&
Devinder Kumar Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
, PhD, FRCS
Pages 800-807 | Received 17 Aug 2004, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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