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8036462

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-8-17
pubmed:abstractText
Patients with coeliac disease may have osteomalacia or osteoporosis, even in the absence of abdominal symptoms. Little is known about the effects of a gluten-free diet and villous restitution on the bone mineral density in adult patients with coeliac disease. Of the 288 patients with coeliac disease in our unit, 13 (5%) had persistent villous atrophy of the small bowel despite dietary recommendations over at least the previous 4 years. For each of these 13 patients, 1 or 2 controls with coeliac disease, matched for age, gender, menopausal state, and dermatitis herpetiformis, whose intestinal mucosa had normalized at least 4 years earlier, were identified (n = 17). Bone mineral density was measured in the forearm using single-photon absorptiometry and in the femoral neck and trochanter using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Bone mineral density was reduced at all sites in patients with persistent villous atrophy compared with patients responsive to diet and healthy controls. Bone mineral density in patients responsive to diet did not differ from that in healthy controls. Persistent villous atrophy is associated with low bone mineral density, underlining the importance of keeping to a proper diet.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0036-5521
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
457-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Bone mineral density in coeliac disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Dept. of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University Hospital of Linköping, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't