[Celiac disease. Recent findings on its pathogenesis, diagnosis and clinical presentation].

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Coeliac disease is a gluten-sensitive enteropathy which results in a permanent malabsorption of nutrients in that portion of the small intestine (the jejunum) that is damaged. A genetic, inheritable disease, it is directly related to ingestion of certain wheat proteins especially found in rye secalins, barley hordeins and, in a much lower amount, oat avenins. A fundamental role in the pathological response is...

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