Intestinal permeability after single dosegluten challenge incoeliac disease

L Greco, G D'Adamo, A Truscelli, G Parrilli, MMayer, G BudillonAbstractThechangesofintestinal permeabilitybeforeand after a gluten load were studied. Thestudy group comprised 27 patients withcoeliac disease (meanage 12-3 years) and 19healthy controls matched by sex and age.Intestinal permeability was studied bymeasuring the urinary excretion of twosugars, lactulose andL-rhamnose, before andsix hours after the ingestion offive palatablebiscuitsmadewith50gofglutenpowder.Thepatients with coeliac disease had been on aglutenfreedietduringtheprevious