Article
Thyroid and celiac disease: clinical, serological, and echographic study.
The American journal of gastroenterology - 1 Jun 1998
Velluzzi F, Caradonna A, Boy M F, Pinna M A, Cabula R, Lai M A, Piras E, Corda G, Mossa P, Atzeni F, Loviselli A, Usai P, Mariotti S
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: We sought to reevaluate the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction and thyroid autoimmunity in 47 patients with celiac disease; 91 healthy subjects were studied as controls. Both patients and controls were from Sardinia, Italy. METHODS: Diagnosis of celiac disease was made on the basis of c...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Autoantibodies
- Celiac Disease
- Female
- Genotype
- Gliadin
- HLA-DQ Antigens
- HLA-DQ alpha-Chains
- HLA-DQ beta-Chains
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin A
- Immunoglobulin G
- Iodide Peroxidase
- Italy