Wheat grain immunofluorescent antibodies as an indication of gluten sensitivity?
- 1 December 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Dermatology
- Vol. 103 (6) , 657-662
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2133.1980.tb01688.x
Abstract
An immunofluorescence method using whole sections of wheat grains as the substrate was applied to detect circulating antibodies to wheat gluten in dermatitis herpetiformis patients and in controls. Only IgG class antibodies were detected. Of the dermatitis herpetiformis patients tested, 22% had these antibodies, also 22% of the atopic dermatitis group. Among the controls who had no skin problems, 12% were faintly positive. The test as such is non-specific and does not have diagnositic significance in dermatitis herpetiformis.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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