Dermatitis herpetiformis: effect of gluten-restricted and gluten-free diet on dapsone requirement and on IgA and C3 deposits in uninvolved skin
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https://doi.org/10.2340/0001555563129136Abstract
Of 58 patients wi1h classical dermatitis herpetiformis (DH), I 7 were rreatcd with a gluten-frec diet (GFD) for periods varying from 6 to 47 months and 11 with a gluten-reduced diet (GRD) for 7 to 29 months. The patients were able to reduce their requirement of dapsone significantly compared with 30 patients on a normal diet, of whom only an 86-year-old man was able to discontinue his JO mg dapsonc dose. In 7 of the 17 patients on GFD. dapsone could be completely withdrawn after diet periods of 4 10 38 monthDownloads
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1983-03-01
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Ljunghall, K., & Tjernlund, U. (1983). Dermatitis herpetiformis: effect of gluten-restricted and gluten-free diet on dapsone requirement and on IgA and C3 deposits in uninvolved skin. Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 63(2), 129–136. https://doi.org/10.2340/0001555563129136
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