Ann Saudi Med 2006;26(6):471-473 Celiac disease (gluten sensitive enteropathy) is an immune reaction to wheat gluten and related proteins in genetically predisposed individuals leading to malabsorption, intestinal and extraintestinal manifestations. Thromboembolic phenomena have been reported with celiac disease at times. Mesenteric vein thrombosis accounts for 5 to 15 percent of all mesenteric...

Celiac disease is a permanent intolerance to gluten (a protein present in wheat, rye and barley), which causes damage to the small intestinal mucosa by an autoimmune mechanism in genetically susceptible individuals. The villous atrophy that ensues can lead to malabsorption of a variety of macro and micronutrients including iron, calcium, folate and fat soluble vitamins. 1 Celiac disease was tho...

celiac disease (also known as gluten-sensitive enteropathy or nontropical disease) is a common autoimmune disorder that caused by sensitivity to dietary gluten and related proteins in genetically sensitive individuals. the disorder may be diagnosed at any age and that affects many organ systems. celiac disease occurs in adults and children at rates approaching 0.5 to    1% of the population. we...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate if co-morbid conditions as hepatitis C virus infection and celiac disease may be associated to undifferentiated connective tissue disease. METHODS We studied retrospectively and prospectively 52 patients with diagnosis of undifferentiated connective tissue disease, subdivided, according to Vaz criteria, in systemic lupus erythematosus, syste...

BACKGROUND Celiac disease is an autoimmune inflammatory disease of the small intestine precipitated by the ingestion of gluten, a component of wheat protein, in genetically susceptible persons. Classically, the disease manifests with diarrhea, weight loss and anemia. There are very few reports of osteomalacia as the presenting symptom, and even fewer of osteomalacia as the only symptom of celia...

Celiac disease, also referred to as gluten sensitive enteropathy, wheat sensitivity, celiac sprue is a condition that is known to affect 1 in every 133 people. My personal observations lead me to believe that number is probably somewhat higher. It is believed to be an inherited disease, and upon ingestion of gluten containing foods a multitude of symptoms can develop. Gluten containing foods ar...

The celiac disease is an immune chronic condition with genetic transmission, caused by the intolerance to gluten. Gluten is a protein from cereals containing the following soluble proteins: gliadine, which is the most toxic, and the prolamins. The average prevalence is about 1% in USA and Europe, but high in Africa: 5.6% in West Sahara. In the pathogenesis several factors are involved: gluten a...

Atypical presentation is the most common form of celiac disease (CD). Although the terminologies like latent, silent and potential have expressed different aspects of clinical and pathological behaviour of CD, they also have contributed in some extent to confusion between clinicians and patients due to the multiple definitions and uncertainty around them. In the light of new advances and the di...

Celiac disease is an immune-mediated enteropathy triggered by the ingestion of gluten-containing grains (including wheat, rye, and barley) in genetically susceptible persons. The disease is associated with HLA-DQ2 in 90 to 95 percent of cases and with HLA-DQ8 in 5 to 10 percent of cases and is self-perpetuating in the continued presence of gluten. 1 It is the interplay between genes (both HLA a...

BACKGROUND Celiac disease is defined as a 'chronic small intestinal immune-mediated enteropathy precipitated by exposure to dietary gluten in genetically predisposed individuals'. Sweden has experienced an "epidemic" of celiac disease in children below two years of age. Celiac disease etiology is considered multifactorial; however, little is known regarding potential risk- or protecting factors...