IT is now generally accepted that celiac disease in children and idiopathic steatorrhea (nontropical sprue) in adults are phases of the same disease. 1 For convenience we refer to this entity as ...

Sept. 27, 2002 — A report in the Sept. 27 issue of Science identifies the culprit inducing celiac sprue as a 33-mer peptide of gluten, and a bacterial prolyl endopeptidase which can metabolize this ...

Seven years ago, during an endoscopy for what was thought to be acid reflux, the doctor looked at the screen and exclaimed "Oh! Celiac sprue!" "I'm awake. I'm not sedated or anything," continued the ...

Celiac sprue (CS) is a gluten-sensitive enteropathy with many autoimmune features. CS involves multiple organs through immune and nonimmune processes, and is frequently associated with other ...

Mrs. Burrows was worried about her granddaughter. “She hadn’t been well for about a year. We always knew she had a sensitive stomach, but then she started having diarrhea and nausea every day,” she ...

Celiac Sprue is an autoimmune disease of the small intestine induced by exposure to dietary gluten, but the molecular trigger for gluten toxicity remains unclear. In September 27 Science, Lu Shan and ...

Nearly 40,000 Americans have been diagnosed with celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder triggered by gluten, the protein in grains like wheat, barley and rye. With celiac disease, also known as gluten ...

A Stanford University medical-research team has recently made a discovery that promises hope to thousands of people with celiac sprue, an autoimmune disease that leaves people unable to digest gluten, ...

Jan. 22) discussing food allergies as a possible disability under the law. Since celiac sprue affects 1 in every 133 Americans, having to cater to the gluten-free diet would actually increase a ...

Celiac disease — also known as celiac sprue or gluten intolerance — is a genetic disease that results in the inability to properly digest gluten, a type of protein found in wheat, barley and rye. When ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I had a duodenum biopsy to rule out sprue. The biopsy results were that my duodenal mucosa showed: “… mucosal inflammation with marked flattening of the mucosa. Micro­scopic ...