[Cyclosporine in the treatment of atypical celiac sprue. A case report].
We present a 45-year-old woman with atypical celiac sprue who was unresponsive to gluten-free diet. Cyclosporine therapy was applied (5 mg/kg body weight daily for 2 months). The patient demonstrated a remarkable clinical and histological response to this drug.
Suchanek
Hanna
H
Klinika Gastroenterologii Instytutu Chorób Wewnetrznych AM w Gdańsku.
Swiatkowska-Stodulska
Renata
R
Kryszewski
Andrzej
A
Jaśkiewicz
Kazimierz
K
D001706:Biopsy; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004386:Duodenum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012038:Regeneration / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology
D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D016572:Cyclosporine