Even though sprue may be the most common cause of flattening of the villi, a biopsy alone is not sufficient to make the diagnosis. Blood testing for the tissue transglutaminase antibody is recommended ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I had a duodenum biopsy to rule out sprue. The biopsy results were that my duodenal mucosa showed: “… mucosal inflammation with marked flattening of the mucosa. Micro­scopic ...

IT is now generally accepted that celiac disease in children and idiopathic steatorrhea (nontropical sprue) in adults are phases of the same disease. 1 For convenience we refer to this entity as ...

Tropical sprue is associated withcontamination of small bowel with aerobic bacteria and reversible prolongationof orocecal transit time. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 18(5), ...

ALTHOUGH tropical sprue is rarely seen in the temperate zone, a small group of patients in this area need medical care from the chronic debilitation of the disease. However, the departure of patien ...

Sprue picker The RX5 sprue picker is designed for injection molding machines up to 400 tons. It has a vertical (Y) stroke of 19.7 in., with an adjustment of 13.78 in. The strip (X) stroke is 1.57 in.

Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2009;5(5):535-546. Owing to the role of DQ2 and DQ8 in the generation of gliadin-specific T cells in CS, it is thought that at some point, T cells specific for gliadin may ...

Collagenous sprue is associated with high morbidity; however, the etiology of this disorder is unclear. Data regarding the pathological and clinical manifestations of patients with collagenous ...

ROACH: I had a duodenum biopsy to rule out sprue. The biopsy results were that my duodenal mucosa showed: ”… mucosal inflammation with marked flattening of the mucosa.

People with sprue can have a wide variety of symptoms. Classically, people will have diarrhea and weight loss, but symptoms can be much subtler, including abdominal discomfort or mood changes ...

Dear Dr. Roach • I had a duodenum biopsy to rule out sprue. The biopsy results were that my duodenal mucosa showed: “... mucosal inflammation with marked flattening of the Sprue is most common ...