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<<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
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