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Gastroenterology Review/Przegląd Gastroenterologiczny
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Case report
Unjustified application of a gluten-free diet in a 17-month-old girl which delays diagnosis

Joanna Gąsiorowska
,
Marika Reszczyńska
,
Anna Dąbrowska
,
Lech Giziński
,
Mieczysława Czerwionka-Szaflarska

Przegląd Gastroenterologiczny 2007; 2 (1): 65–68
Online publish date: 2007/04/05
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Implementation of gluten-free diet in a patient with symptoms from alimentary tract should be carefully considered in aspect of clinical interview, physical examination and medical tests (serological markers of celiac disease, small bowel biopsy). The aim of this study was to point out consequences of too hasty application of a gluten-free diet and necessity of proper diagnostics in cases where symptoms suggest food hypersensitivity. In this article authors present 17-month-old girl who was ordered a gluten-free diet after 7 days symptoms of acute diarrhoea, without fulfilling tests which could either exclude or confirm diseases like food allergy or celiac disease.
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diarrhoea, celiac disease, food allergy

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