Endoscopic evaluation of celiac disease severity and its correlation with histopathological aspects of the duodenal mucosa

Background and study aims: Celiac disease (CD) is a chronic systemic autoimmune disorder affecting genetically predisposed individuals, triggered and maintained by the ingestion of gluten. Triggered and maintained by the ingestion of gluten, celiac disease is a chronic systemic autoimmune disorder a...

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Main Authors: Mauro W. Bonatto, Luiz Kotze, Marcia Orlandoski, Ricardo Tsuchyia, Carlos A. de Carvalho, Doryane Lima, Gustavo Kurachi, Ivan R.B. Orso, Lorete Kotze
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2016-06-01
Series:Endoscopy International Open
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0042-108190