Title |
Clinical evidence for allergy in orofacial granulomatosis and inflammatory bowel disease
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Published in |
Clinical and Translational Allergy, August 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/2045-7022-3-26 |
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Authors |
Pritash Patel, Jonathan Brostoff, Helen Campbell, Rishi M Goel, Kirstin Taylor, Shuvra Ray, Miranda Lomer, Michael Escudier, Stephen Challacombe, Jo Spencer, Jeremy Sanderson |
Abstract |
Orofacial granulomatosis (OFG) causes chronic, disfiguring, granulomatous inflammation of the lips and oral mucosa. A proportion of cases have co-existing intestinal Crohn's disease (CD). The pathogenesis is unknown but has recently been linked to dietary sensitivity. Although allergy has been suggested as an aetiological factor in OFG there are few published data to support this link. In this study, we sought clinical evidence of allergy in a series of patients with OFG and compared this to a series of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) without oral involvement and to population control estimates. |
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