title: [Celiac disease, a paradigmatic disease].
abstract: We are reporting ten recently diagnosed children with celiac disease who presented neither undernutrition nor symptoms suggesting malabsortion syndrome. All showed IgA, EMA and just eight tTG2 autoantibodies. Biopsies allowing histopathologic diagnosis were taken after detailed endoscopic examina- tion from proximal duodenum. Samples from distal duodenum were within normal histologic range. The findings are particularly interesting in order to explain cases with aparent disagreements between clinical, laboratory and histopathologic data.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Gastroenterología, Hospital Sor María Ludovica, La Plata, Argentina. cuetorua@netverk.com.ar
authors.forename: Eduardo A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Cueto Rua
authors.forename: Luciana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guzmán
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nanfito
authors.forename: Soledad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barrera
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Drut
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male