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 ...

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 ...

October has been designated Celiac Sprue Awareness Month by the National Celiac Sprue Association. This disease is diagnosed in one in 400 people, but Jan Hammer of Fargo says, "It is estimated that ...

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 ...

Researchers have found a peptide molecule that triggers celiac sprue – a severe inflammation of the intestine that results from eating wheat and related grains – and propose a treatment strategy that ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 examination ...