Coeliac disease - Sanjay Manohar's Medical Browser
Synonyms
- Coeliac sprue
- Gluten enteropathy
- Gluten-sensitive enteropathy
- Gluten sensitivity
- Prolamin intolerance
- Non-Tropical sprue
Causes
Effects
Parents
Treatments
Description
- "DQ2 positive in 90% cases (and 30% of normals)
Prevalence in 2% in those with Type I DM
21% of new cases are over 60
Etymology: Greek 'koiliakos'
- = �belly�
Diagnosis:
antitissue transglutaminase antibodies (tTGA)
Endoscopic jejunal biopsy - Villous atrophy
Treatment:
No cure
Gluten free diet for control
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