In addition to LI-like symptoms, it is also possible to have other
symptoms. In my wife's case, her only outward symptom was severe anemia.
I'm not sure is this was due to malabsorption, GI bleeding, or some
combination. Due to a good guess on her doctor's part (triggered by the
large number of immune disorders in our family), it was diagnosed and
confirmed via biopsy. With all gluten removed from her diet, her iron level
has come up and she's a different person. I guess this has been a gradual,
undetected deterioration.

At 08:10 PM 1/27/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Celiac disease is a food intolerance to wheat, oats, rye and barley not an
>allergy - a food intolerance.  It is not an allergy.  Food intolerances and
>allergies are different.

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