Objective Evaluate in patients with celiac disease the tolerance of prolonged consumption of
small amounts of gliadin contained in products containing wheat starch. Design Open 1-year
trial of the addition of wheat starch to a gluten-free diet in a cohort of adult patients with
biopsy-proven celiac disease who had never consumed wheat starch. The control group
consisted of patients with celiac disease who tolerated wheat starch. Subjects Seventeen
patients with celiac disease and 14 control patients, all diagnosed according to criteria of the …