PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF GLUTEN-FREE DIET AGAINST DEVELOPMENT OF LYMPHOMAIN DERMATITIS-HERPETIFORMIS

Authors
LEWIS HM RENAULA TL GARIOCH JJ LEONARD JN FRY JS COLLIN P EVANS D FRY L
Citation
Hm. Lewis et al., PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF GLUTEN-FREE DIET AGAINST DEVELOPMENT OF LYMPHOMAIN DERMATITIS-HERPETIFORMIS, British journal of dermatology, 135(3), 1996, pp. 363-367
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
British journal of dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070963
Volume
135
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
363 - 367
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0963(1996)135:3<363:PEOGDA>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
A retrospective study of 487 patients with dermatitis herpetiformis sh owed that lymphoma developed in eight patients, the expected incidence being 0.21 (standardized registration ratio 3810), All lymphomas occu rred in patients whose dermatitis herpetiformis had been controlled wi thout a gluten-free diet (GFD) or in those who had been treated with a GFD for less than 5 years, The results are suggestive of a protective role for a GFD against lymphoma in dermatitis herpetiformis and give further support for advising patients to adhere to a strict GFD for li fe.