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1: Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2006 Oct;3(10):546-51.Click here to read Links
Endoscopic markers for celiac disease.

* Dickey W.

Department of Gastroenterology, Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry BT47 6SB, Northern Ireland, UK. wildickey@aol.com

Celiac disease is common and can present with nonspecific upper gastrointestinal symptoms. Patients may therefore undergo esophagogastroduodenoscopy as their initial investigation. Markers of villous atrophy, which can be seen in the duodenum during endoscopy, are well described. They have limited sensitivity for patients with mild enteropathy and duodenal biopsies should be performed if there is strong suspicion of celiac disease irrespective of endoscopic appearance. Endoscopic markers do, however, allow the selection of patients with nonspecific symptoms for duodenal biopsy, and these markers should, therefore, be looked for routinely during esophagogastroduodenoscopy.

PMID: 17008924 [PubMed - in process]
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