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> I asked the doctor what an inflamed
>mucosa could mean and he shrugged and then added "parasites, maybe?"  She
>was tested for parasites way back before her first biopsy (October '96).

Have you tried eliminating dairy? Volta et. al. have demonstrated that 36%
to 48% of celiacs tested were also intolerant to milk protein. Borner et.
al. have demonstrated sequence homology, from the N-terminal,  between
casein and gliadin. The other three cited below are also identifying milk
protein intolerances associated with celiac disease.

Playing the odds, exclusion of dairy is most likely to help. But there are
other significant dietary allergens that might be eliminated if a dairy
free diet, in addition to the g-f diet, doesn't help.

I hope that is helpful.
best wishes,
Ron

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autoantibodies and their use in enzyme immunoassay of endomysium and
reticulin antibody-positive human sera.
Clin Exp Immunol 106(2), 344-350 (1996)

2. Hvatum M, Serum IgG subclass antibodies to a variety of food antigens in
patients with coeliac disease.
Gut 33(5), 632-638 (1992)

3. Ciclitira PJ, Gliadin antibody production by small intestinal
lymphocytes from patients with coeliac disease.
Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 89(2-3), 246-249 (1989)

4. Volta U, Antibodies to dietary antigens in coeliac disease.
Scand J Gastroenterol 21(8), 935-940 (1986)

5. Ciclitira PJ, Secretion of gliadin antibody by coeliac jejunal mucosal
biopsies cultured in vitro.
Clin Exp Immunol 64(1), 119-124 (1986)