title: Malabsorption caused by coeliac disease in patients who have scleroderma.
abstract: Coeliac disease may account for malabsorption in scleroderma patients even when test suggest bacterial overgrowth. A small bowel biopsy is essential.
authors.affiliation: Rheumatology Unit, Hammersmith Hospital, Royal Free Hospital Medical School, London.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marguerie
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaye
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vyse
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mackworth-Young
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Walport
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Black
mesh_terms: 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*