<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> On Apr 06, 1996 15:17:37, 'Amy Eliezer <[log in to unmask]>' wrote: >Recently there was a posting about a J. Internal Medicine (medical journal) >article abstract on osteoporosis.This article stated that 12% of the >osteoporotics in the study were found to be celiacs The article I used with my endocrinologist, whose clinic also a bone screenig equipment, is an editorial by Michael Marsh "Bone Disease and Gluten Sensitivity: Time to Act, Time to Treat, and to Prevent" Am. J. Gastro. (1994) 89, 2105-2107. Even more dramatic in that same issue is the article he's commenting on. He gets into detail on the calcium balance as well --it's not just the lack of calcium absorption. Mazure, R. et al "Bone Mineral Density in Asymptomatic Adult Patients with Celiac Disease" (1994) Am. J. Gastr. 89, 2130-2134. These 8 aymptomatic celiacs were turned up and diagnosed through screening relatives of celiac first with antibodies and then if positive a biopsy which was "flat". 6 of the 8 were women. Kemp Randolph [log in to unmask]