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Coeliac Disease
- immune condition related to ingestion of gluten
Symptoms
- abdominal discomfort
- diarrhoea
- malabsorption
Pathology
- jejunal biopsy
- sub-total villous atrophy
- alpha-gliadin fraction of gluten implicated
- anti-endomysial antibodies
Diagnosis
- sub-total villous atrophy
- disappears on gluten-free diet
- reappears on introduction of gluten
- IgA tissue transglutimase antibodies
- anti-endomysial antibodies
Treatment
Complications
- increased risk of lymphoma
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