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01-07-2005 | Research Letter
The prevalence of coeliac disease in adult Danish patients with type 1 diabetes with and without nephropathy
Authors:
H. Skovbjerg, L. Tarnow, H. Locht, H.-H. Parving
Published in:
Diabetologia
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Issue 7/2005
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Excerpt
To the Editor: Coeliac disease causes malabsorption due to small bowel villous atrophy, which normalises when gluten, which is found in wheat, rye and barley, is withdrawn from the diet. Coeliac patients should be treated with a gluten-free diet that corrects the intestinal malabsorption and protects against the development of osteoporosis and intestinal lymphoma. …