Coeliac disease in adults: variations on a theme

Authors
Bhattacharyya, A Patel, MK Tymms, DJ
Citation
A. Bhattacharyya et al., Coeliac disease in adults: variations on a theme, J ROY S MED, 92(6), 1999, pp. 286-289
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE
ISSN journal
01410768 → ACNP
Volume
92
Issue
6
Year of publication
1999
Pages
286 - 289
Database
ISI
SICI code
0141-0768(199906)92:6<286:CDIAVO>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
In childhood, coeliac disease (gluten enteropathy) tends to show itself wit h failure to thrive and growth retardation; in adults who presented atypica lly, with features in adult life with malabsorption syndromes. We report si x cases including clotting disorder, hypoglycaemia, weight loss, anaemia an d angina pectoris, all of which responded to gluten withdrawal.