Coeliac disease: a cause of various associated diseases?
Deposition in other organs of immune complexes originating from the small-intestinal musosa is suggested as a possible reason, in some patients, for the described association between coeliac disease and a range of "autoimmune" diseases.
D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000150:complications*; D003095:Collagen Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D003874:Dermatitis Herpetiformis / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007105:Immune Complex Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000276:immunology; D007571:Jaw Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000209:etiology; D013281:Stomatitis, Aphthous / Q000209:etiology; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology
D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex