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  • Title: [Adult celiac disease(gluten enteropathy].
    Author: Pleşa A, Lepşa A, Crumpei F.
    Journal: Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi; 2002; 107(2):405-10. PubMed ID: 12638302.
    Abstract:
    Celiac sprue is a disease in which there is malabsorption of nutrients by that portion of the small intestine which is damaged, a characteristic though not specific lesion of the small intestinal mucosa and prompt clinical improvement following withdrawal of certain cereal grains from the diet. We present a 41 years old patient with a history of diarrhea, treated as enterocolitis for several years, in which the gluten-free diet brought a clinical improvement.
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