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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
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