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Rheumatology International
Published in: Rheumatology International 1/2005

01-11-2005 | Case Report

An unusual case of osteomalacia as the presenting feature of coeliac disease

Authors: Taoufik Harzy, Karima Benbouazza, Bouchra Amine, Rachid Rahmouni, Najia Hajjaj-Hassouni

Published in: Rheumatology International | Issue 1/2005

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Excerpt

Coeliac disease or gluten-sensitive enteropathy is a heritable inflammatory process of the small intestine resulting from a genetically-based immunologic intolerance to gluten [1]. Classically, the disease manifests with diarrhoea, sometimes steatorrhoea, weight loss and complications caused by anaemia [1, 2]. There are very few reports of osteomalacia as the presenting symptom, and even fewer of osteomalacia as the only symptom of coeliac disease at presentation [2]. The purpose of our study is to describe a particular case of osteomalacia revealing a coeliac disease. …
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Metadata
Title
An unusual case of osteomalacia as the presenting feature of coeliac disease
Authors
Taoufik Harzy
Karima Benbouazza
Bouchra Amine
Rachid Rahmouni
Najia Hajjaj-Hassouni
Publication date
01-11-2005
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Rheumatology International / Issue 1/2005
Print ISSN: 0172-8172
Electronic ISSN: 1437-160X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-005-0601-2

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