TY  - JOUR
T1  - Adult celiac disease: Treatment with a gluten-free diet: serial metabolic and pathologic studies in six patients
AU  - BAYLESS TM, YARDLEY JH, HENDRIX TR
Y1  - 1963/01/01
N1  - 10.1001/archinte.1963.03620250087012
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 83
EP  - 92
VL  - 111
IS  - 1
N2  - Adult celiac disease (nontropical sprue or idiopathic steatorrhea) is manifested clinically by steatorrhea and deficiencies produced by intestinal malabsorption. Diarrhea and weight loss are often prominent symptoms. Celiac disease in childhood is probably the same disorder.In 1950, Dicke1 reported clinical improvement in childhood celiac disease when wheat and rye flour were removed from the diet. Further studies2 have shown that wheat, rye, barley, and oat gluten contain an offending agent. Subsequently, the efficacy of the gluten-free diet in the treatment of celiac disease has been confirmed in adults3-5 as well as in children.6,7 Clinical remissions are reported in 80%8 to 93% of adult patients.9 Some patients, although clinically improved, have residual evidence of abnormal intestinal function. Green et al.10 in 1959 described 10 patients in clinical remission on a gluten-free diet, who had persistent steatorrhea by chemical determination.This is a report
SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinte.1963.03620250087012
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1963.03620250087012
ER  -