Malabsorption caused by coeliac disease in patients who have scleroderma.
Coeliac disease may account for malabsorption in scleroderma patients even when test suggest bacterial overgrowth. A small bowel biopsy is essential.
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Rheumatology Unit, Hammersmith Hospital, Royal Free Hospital Medical School, London.
Kaye
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Vyse
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Mackworth-Young
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Walport
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D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology; D008286:Malabsorption Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications*