Asymptomatic Celiac Sprue in Juvenile Rheumatic Diseases Children
- Citation:
- Gheita, T. A., S. Fawzy, A. N. El-Din, and H. Gomaa, "Asymptomatic Celiac Sprue in Juvenile Rheumatic Diseases Children", International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, vol. 15, issue 2, pp. 220–226, 2011.
Abstract:
Background:? Celiac disease (CD) is the most frequent enteropathy in adults and its coexistence with other autoimmune diseases is frequent. Objective:? To detect asymptomatic CD in children with rheumatic diseases by measuring tissue transglutaminase (tTG) antibodies and finding any relation to disease activity. Patients and methods:? Setting and study design: The study included 60 children with juvenile rheumatic diseases consecutively from those attending the Rheumatology Clinics of Cairo University Hospitals: 30 juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), 10 juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), 12 juvenile seronegative spondyloarthropathy and eight juvenile systemic sclerosis/polymyositis (SSc/PM) overlap syndrome were
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