<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> An article entitled "Definitions Associated With Celiac Disease" appeared in the Spring 1996 issue of "Lifeline", a newsletter from the Celiac Sprue Association United States of America (CSA/USA). In the article Leon H. Rottmann, Editor and Publications Board Chairman of CSA/USA, summarized the medical research of Seamus O'Mahony, Ann Ferguson and Willem Karel Dicke, findings that correlate celiac disease with other disorders: Definite Associations: diabetes mellitus; thyrotoxicosis; hypothyroidism; encephalopathy; sarcoidosis; vasculitis; dermatitis herpetiformis; encephalopathy and cerebellar atrophy; myasthenia; peripheral neuropathy; malignant lymphomas; small-intestinal adenocarcinomas; esophageal and pharyngeal squamous carcinoma. Probable Associations: Addison's disease; rheumatoid arthritis; Sjogren's syndrome; bird fancier's lung; farmer's lung; pernicious anemia; exocrine pancreatic insufficiency; inflammatory bowel disease; primary biliary cirrhosis; collagenous colitis. Bill Vellios, Ballwin, MO