IT is now generally accepted that celiac disease in children and idiopathic steatorrhea (nontropical sprue) in adults are phases of the same disease. 1 For convenience we refer to this entity as ...

Sept. 27, 2002 — A report in the Sept. 27 issue of Science identifies the culprit inducing celiac sprue as a 33-mer peptide of gluten, and a bacterial prolyl endopeptidase which can metabolize this ...

Gliadin is absorbed into the lamina propria and presented in conjunction with HLA-DQ2 or DQ8 cell-surface antigens by antigen-presenting cells, probably dendritic cells, to sensitized T cells ...

Celiac sprue (CS) is a gluten-sensitive enteropathy with many autoimmune features. CS involves multiple organs through immune and nonimmune processes, and is frequently associated with other ...

Seven years ago, during an endoscopy for what was thought to be acid reflux, the doctor looked at the screen and exclaimed "Oh! Celiac sprue!" "I'm awake. I'm not sedated or anything," continued the ...

Mrs. Burrows was worried about her granddaughter. “She hadn’t been well for about a year. We always knew she had a sensitive stomach, but then she started having diarrhea and nausea every day,” she ...

Celiac Sprue is an autoimmune disease of the small intestine induced by exposure to dietary gluten, but the molecular trigger for gluten toxicity remains unclear. In September 27 Science, Lu Shan and ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I had a duodenum biopsy to rule out sprue. The biopsy results were that my duodenal mucosa showed: “… mucosal inflammation with marked flattening of the mucosa. Micro­scopic ...

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Jan. 22) discussing food allergies as a possible disability under the law. Since celiac sprue affects 1 in every 133 Americans, having to cater to the gluten-free diet would actually increase a ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I had a duodenum biopsy to rule out sprue. The biopsy results were that my duodenal mucosa showed: “… mucosal inflammation with marked flattening of the mucosa. Microscopic examination ...