Arthritis as presenting symptom in silent adult coeliac disease. Two cases and review of the literature.

Slot, O; Locht, H

Slot, O; Locht, H.

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Slot O; Department of Rheumatology, Copenhagen County Hospital Gentofte, Hellerup, Denmark.

Scand J Rheumatol ; 29(4): 260-3, 2000.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11028849

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

We report 2 cases of adult silent coeliac disease (CD) presenting with arthritis of a knee and a sacro-iliac joint, respectively. In both patients the arthritis was relieved on a gluten free diet. The literature on arthritis in adult CD is reviewed.

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Arthritis/diagnosis; Celiac Disease/diagnosis; Adult; Arthritis/etiology; Arthritis/physiopathology; Celiac Disease/complications; Celiac Disease/physiopathology; Female; Humans; Knee Joint; Low Back Pain; Male; Middle Aged; Sacroiliac Joint

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Arthritis / Celiac Disease Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies Limits: Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Scand J Rheumatol Year: 2000 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Denmark

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