Journal:
:hepatitis monthly
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mohammad rostami-nejad department of celiac disease, gastroenterology and liver diseases research center, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran
thea haldane department of gastroenterology, alexandra hospital, worcestershire, uk
david aldulaimi department of gastroenterology, alexandra hospital, worcestershire, uk
seyed moayed alavian baqiyatallah research center for gastroenterology and liver disease, baqiyatallah university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran; middle east liver disease center, tehran, ir iran
mohammad reza zali department of celiac disease, gastroenterology and liver diseases research center, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran
kamran rostami department of gastroenterology, darent valley hospital, darenth wood road, dartford, uk; department of gastroenterology, darent valley hospital, darenth wood road, dartford, kent, da2 8da, uk. tel: +44-845127012700, fax: +44-845127012701, email: kamran.rostami@nhs.net
context celiac disease (cd) is defined as a permanent intolerance to ingested gluten. the intolerance to gluten results in immune-mediated damage of small intestine mucosa manifested by villous atrophy and crypt hyperplasia. these abnormalities resolve with initiationa gluten-free diet. evidence acquisition pubmed, ovid, and google were searched for full text articles published between 1963 and...