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Mary Alice suffered a great deal from chronic back pain.  In 1986 while we
were at the Canadian Celiac Conference in Vancouver, BC, she received a
crush fracture of T-11.  This lead to a diagnosis of sever osteoperosis
which explains the pain.  Prior to her hospitalization last November, she
had lost some 7 inches in height over the last 15 years.  We are reasonably
sure the osteoperosis was caused by prolonged malabsorption due to
undiagnosed celiac disease (she was diagnosed with biopsy in '78).  She felt
strongly that osteoperosis was the #1 endocrine problem of celiacs.
 
Joe Warren
Titusville, FL