Bird-fancier's lung and jejunal villous atrophy.
Sixteen patients with bird-fancier's lung were screened for evidence of coeliac disease by assessing their clinical features, red-bloodcell or serum folate levels, and serum for reticulin antibodies. Five of nine patients selected for jejunal biopsy showed villous atrophy, and in some this seemed to be a true gluten-sensitive enteropathy.
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001284:Atrophy; D001717:Birds; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005492:Folic Acid / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D007583:Jejunum / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011234:Precipitins / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012130:Respiratory Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications*; D012155:Reticulin / Q000276:immunology
D000906:Antibodies; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D011234:Precipitins; D012155:Reticulin; D005492:Folic Acid