The treatment of celiac disease is a strict adherence to a gluten-free diet for life. In the past, oats were considered to be toxic to individuals with celiac disease and were not allowed in a gluten-free diet. However, recent evidence suggests that oats that are pure and uncontaminated with other gluten-containing grains, if taken in limited quantities, are safe for most individuals with celia...

Coeliac disease is a common condition affecting up to 1% of the European adult population. Whilst the majority of patients will respond to a gluten free diet with resolution of symptoms and an improvement in histology, a significant minority have persistent problems. Refractory coeliac disease is a relatively uncommon cause of non-response to gluten free diet with potentially serious consequenc...

Celiac disease is a disease where both children and adults are affected. It symptoms were previously described in Galen times. Today we recognize its starter, pathological mechanism, and also its atypical behaviour. There is only one causal therapeutic model in terms of compliance with the principles of lifelong strict gluten-free diet. It is an under-diagnosed disease. Further steps should be ...

Celiac disease is a lifelong disorder for which there is currently only one known, effective treatment: a gluten-free diet. New treatment approaches have recently emerged; several drugs are in Phase 2 trials and results appear promising; however, discussion around regulatory endpoints is in its infancy. We will briefly discuss the drugs that are under development and then shift our attention to...

Following the original description of lymphoma complicating coeliac disease [1], it has become clear that patients with coeliac disease have a 50to a 100-fold increased risk of developing malignant lymphoma compared with the general population [2,3]. The exact risk is unknown as the precise prevalence and incidence of coeliac disease in the population is also unknown. Lymphoma may present in tw...

BACKGROUND Celiac disease (CD) has a negative impact on the health-related quality of life (HRQL) of affected patients. Although HRQL and its determinants have been examined in Spanish CD patients specifically recruited in hospital settings, these aspects of CD have not been assessed among the general Spanish population. METHODS An observational, transversal study of a non-randomized, represe...

In a prospective study of 51 patients with dermatitis herpetiformis (DH), the occurrence of antibodies against reticulin and gluten was investigated and the influences of gluten-free, gluten-restricted, and normal diets on the persistence of these antibodies were compared. After a period extending from 11 to 47 months, none of the patients who were eating a gluten-free diet had reticulin or glu...

AIMS Diagnostics and follow-up of celiac disease have gradually shifted from tertiary centers to secondary and primary health care. In order to establish whether this has affected the success of treatment, and to identify predictors for dietary non-adherence, we carried out a study in a nationwide cohort of treated celiac patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS 843 biopsy-proven patients, 94 children ...

The suggestion has been made that malignancy anywhere in the body may be accompanied by intestinal mucosal changes similar to those found in adult coeliac disease (Creamer, 1964). The following case report indicates that characteristic jejunal mucosal changes, once reverted to normal by a gluten-free diet, do not reappear if a malignancy develops, providing that the gluten-free diet is maintained.

celiac disease can be accompanied with multiorgan involvement in addition to gastro-intestinal involvement. a 16-year-old young man - known case of celiac disease - was admitted because of exacerbation of gastrointestinal complaints. during further investigations, hypothyroidism and membranous glomerulonephritis were discovered. the patient was improved with a gluten-free diet and specific trea...