Abstract | CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE:
Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder with an average prevalence of 1% in Europe and the United States. Because of strong European ancestry in southern Brazil, this study aimed to evaluate the seroprevalence of celiac disease among autoimmune thyroiditis patients. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional study in a public university hospital. METHODS: RESULTS: Fifty-three patients with autoimmune thyroiditis were included; 92.5% were women, with mean age of 49.0 ± 13.5 years. Five patients (9.3%) were serologically positive for celiac disease: three of them (5.6%) were reactive for anti-endomysial antibodies and two (3.7%) for anti- transglutaminase. None of them exhibited anemia and one presented diarrhea. Endoscopy was performed on two patients: one with normal histology and the other with lymphocytic infiltrate and villous atrophy. CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Aline Ventura, Marcelo Fernando Ronsoni, Maria Beatriz Cacese Shiozawa, Esther Buzaglo Dantas-Corrêa, Maria Heloisa Busi da Silva Canalli, Leonardo de Lucca Schiavon, Janaína Luz Narciso-Schiavon |
Journal | Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina
(Sao Paulo Med J)
Vol. 132
Issue 6
Pg. 364-71
(Dec 2014)
ISSN: 1806-9460 [Electronic] Brazil |
PMID | 25351758
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Autoantibodies
- Thyrotropin
- Transglutaminases
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Autoantibodies
(analysis)
- Biopsy
- Brazil
(epidemiology)
- Celiac Disease
(complications, epidemiology, pathology)
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Duodenum
(pathology)
- Female
- Hospitals, Public
- Hospitals, University
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Prevalence
- Seroepidemiologic Studies
- Thyroiditis, Autoimmune
(complications, epidemiology)
- Thyrotropin
(blood)
- Transglutaminases
(immunology)
- Young Adult
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