Coeliac disease presenting with a leuco-erythroblastic anaemia.

Primary Myelosclerosis with Leuco-Erythroblastic Anaemia

Coeliac disease in children presenting with failure to thrive.

BACKGROUND Coeliac disease used to be considered as a disease of European and Western population but now it has emerged as a global problem. Objective of this study was to evaluate the frequency and mode of presentation of coeliac disease in children presenting with failure to thrive. METHODS This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted at Paediatrics Department of Madina Teaching Hos...

Coeliac disease with autoimmune haemolytic anaemia.

Two patients are described who have developed autoimmune haemolytic anaemia in association with their coeliac disease. Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia may represent an extension of immunological disorders linked with coeliac disease, centred on the histocompatibility antigen B8.

Patterns of clinical presentation of adult coeliac disease in a rural setting

BACKGROUND In recent years there has been increasing recognition that the pattern of presentation of coeliac disease may be changing. The classic sprue syndrome with diarrhoea and weight loss may be less common than the more subtle presentations of coeliac disease such as an isolated iron deficiency anaemia. As a result, the diagnosis of this treatable condition is often delayed or missed. Rece...

Coeliac disease in primary care: case finding study.

OBJECTIVES To provide evidence of underdiagnosis of coeliac disease and to describe the main presenting symptoms of coeliac disease in primary care. DESIGN Case finding in a primary care setting by testing for coeliac disease by using the endomysial antibody test. SETTING Nine surgeries in and around a market town in central England, serving a population of 70 000. PARTICIPANTS First 1000...