Expert review of gastroenterology & hepatology
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Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol · Feb 2012
ReviewGluten sensitivity: problems of an emerging condition separate from celiac disease.
Gluten sensitivity appears to be emerging as a separate condition from celiac disease, yet no clear definition or diagnosis exists. As a result, patients with gluten sensitivity experience delayed diagnosis and continuing symptoms if they consume gluten. ⋯ The use of a gluten-free diet or an elimination diet is encouraged in assisting people to determine whether or not they are gluten sensitive. It is time to not only recognize, but to treat and further research gluten sensitivity, as unconfirmed environmental factors continue to spread this problem further into the general population.