Background & Aims Gluten ingestion leads to symptoms and small intestinal mucosal injury
in patients with celiac disease. The only option is the strict lifelong exclusion of dietary …

Celiac disease is an autoimmune enteropathy caused by gluten in genetically predisposed
individuals. In celiac disease, adaptive and innate immune activation results in intestinal …

Objective To assess the relationship between self-reported adherence to a gluten-free diet
(GFD) and the ability to determine correctly the appropriateness of particular foods in a GFD …

Background Celiac disease is an inflammatory disease of the small intestine with a
prevalence of roughly 0.5%–1%. Its symptoms arise in response to gluten consumption by …

Small intestinal histologic abnormalities in celiac disease include atrophy of the intestinal
villi, hypertrophy of the crypts and lymphocytic infiltration of intraepithelial spaces and lamina …

BACKGROUND: It is unknown how many endoscopic biopsy specimens are needed to
diagnose celiac disease (CD). OBJECTIVE: To determine the numbers of duodenal biopsy …

Background Celiac disease (CD) is common but underdiagnosed in the United States. A
proposed quality guideline recommends that≥ 4 specimens be submitted during duodenal …

The focus of this guideline is to aid clinicians in choosing appropriate laboratory tests to
exclude other diagnoses in the setting of suspected functional diarrhea or IBS-D. These …

Background & Aims: Wireless capsule endoscopy provides an opportunity to study the
macroscopic features in celiac disease by providing a magnified view of the intestinal …

Celiac disease (CD) is now recognized as a common disorder among Middle Eastern (ME)
and North African (NA) populations. The aim of this review is to assess the available data …