Journal of Vaccines & Vaccination

Kaifu Tokushima Prefectural Hospital, Tokushima, Japan

Biography

Shingo Kawaminami has done his MD from Tokushima University in 1990. Currently he is working as Professor in Faculty of Medicine in Tokushima University. His research interests are Respiratory Disease, Rheumatology. Several papers of his work were published in reputed international journals. He is the member of The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine, The Japan Society for Bronchology, The Japanese Society of Allergology, The Japanese Respiratory Society, Japan Primary Care Association, Japan Internal Medical Association Shikoku Branch Association, Japan Rheumatology Association China / Shikoku Branch, Japan Hospital General Medical Society.

Publications

• Research Article   
  A Low Gluten Diet Suppresses Disease Activity of Rheumatoid Arthritis
  Author(s): Kenji Tani*, Hinako Takagishi, Yoshihiro Okura, Shingo Kawaminami, Keisuke Kawahito, Keisuke Inaba, Kaori Inaba, Akiko Miyatake, Keisuke Kondo, Yoshinori Nakanishi, Ryo Tabata, Teruki Shimizu and Harutaka Yamaguchi
  
  Background: This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a low gluten diet in the disease activity of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). Methods: Among 109 patients with RA enrolled in this study, 98 patients who completed 16 weeks on a low gluten diet regimen were included in the study. At baseline, we gave the patients the information about gluten-free and gluten-contained foods, and asked them to refrain from the daily gluten consumption during the experimental period. Results: The low gluten diet significantly improved DAS28-CRP and CDAI scores after 16 weeks. The percentages of patients achieving DAS28-CRP and CDAI-defined remission or LDA were significantly increased after 16 weeks. There was a significant increase in the percentage of the responders in EULAR treatment response after 16 weeks. Rheuma.. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2157-7560.20.S7:001

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