title: [Immunological profile of coeliac disease in a subgroup of patients with symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to determine if authentic cases of irritable bowel syndrome could be secondary in a latent or potential coeliac disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  All new patients who consulted for irritable bowel syndrome fulfilling Rome II criteria between 01/04/2003 and 30/03/2004 were included. All patients had upper endoscopy with duodenal biopsy and colonoscopy or enema. Then they were investigated for celiac disease by analysis of serum IgA antigliadin, IgG antigliadin, and endomysial antibodies.
  
  
  RESULTS
  One hundred patients with irritable bowel syndrome were included. They had an average age of 45,5 +/- 0,98 and they were 61 women. Clinical signs were dominated by abdominal pains associated to constipation (69% of the cases). Five patients had positive antigliadin antibody (IgG for 2 patients and IgA for 3 patients). None of them had endomysial antibodies nor abnormal duodenal biopsy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study didn't provide a relation between celiac disease and irritable bowel syndrome when it is associated to constipation.
authors.affiliation: Service de Gastro-entérologie, Hôpital universitaire Sahloul, Sousse, Tunisie.
authors.forename: Hela
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Elloumi
authors.forename: Youssef
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: El Assoued
authors.forename: Ibtissem
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ghédira
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ben Abdelaziz
authors.forename: Mohamed T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Yacoobi
authors.forename: Salem
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ajmi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D043183:Irritable Bowel Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult