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On Apr 30, 1996 14:46:17, '"J. Hughes" <[log in to unmask]>'
wrote:
 
>In this week's New England Journal of Medicine there is a study that finds
>that half of celiac sufferers have fecal occult blood (traces of blood in
>their stools). This finding suggests that we may be losing a lot of iron,
>etc., in addition to the malabsorption from villi destruction/damage.
>
>Re: Liver enzymes
>
>In the accompanying editorial "The Many Faces of Celiac Disease", the
>author notes that a frequent clinical complication of celiac is
 
Regardless of methodology questions,  the editorial flags the
"unconvential" symptoms/presentations of CD right up front. First sentence:
 
"The report by Fine...adds a new dimension to our understanding of celiac
disease. Celiac disease can be overt, with the classic features of
diarrhea, weight loss, and generalized malnutrition, or subclinical, with
isolated nutrient deficiencies but no gastrointestinal symptoms."
 
May it shorten the path to diagnosis for those  with "latent" or
"asymptomatic" conditions.
 
                                                  Kemp Randolph
                                                  Long Island