Few studies have evaluated the correlation between clinical presentation and degree of villous atrophy in patients with celiac disease, and existing data are conflicting. This retrospective study ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Age at diagnosis, disease pattern, clinical response and gluten-free diet adherence predicted risk for ...

Celiac disease is common and can present with nonspecific upper gastrointestinal symptoms. Patients may therefore undergo esophagogastroduodenoscopy as their initial investigation. Markers of villous ...

Those with persistent villous atrophy had a larger annual risk: 102.4 per 100,000, compared with those with healed intestines, whose risk was 31.5 per 100,000. According to the authors, these findings ...

Researchers from the University of Salerno, Italy, have found that a simple blood test for tTG-IgA concentrations could be used as a diagnostic threshold in predicting duodenal villous atrophy, a ...

Capsule endoscopy (CE) and double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE) identify complications beyond the reach of conventional bidirectional endoscopy in patients with persistent symptoms of celiac disease.

High blood levels of autoimmune antibodies directed against tissue transglutaminase are an indicator of celiac disease, though the most definitive way to diagnose celiac disease is by identification ...

This is a biopsy of small intestine showing villous atrophy, i.e., flat villi. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by ...

Stained photomicrographs of small intestinal biopsies from newly diagnosed celiac disease patients showing marked architectural distortion that comprise total villous atrophy, crypt hyperplasia and ...

Celiac disease patients with ongoing intestine damage have a greater than 2-fold increased risk of lymphoma vs. celiac patients whose intestines healed. Patients with celiac disease who had persistent ...