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Ashish Garg1, Chandrasekhar Reddy1, Ajay Duseja1, Yogesh Chawla1, Radha K Dhiman1.
Abstract
Celiac disease affects the proximal small intestine and is caused by a local immune response to dietary gluten. Celiac disease usually presents with chronic diarrhea; however, presentations with elevated hepatic transaminase levels in blood or with iron-deficiency anemia have been described. Celiac disease has been reported to be associated with autoimmune liver diseases. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) can also initiate autoimmune disease process. Therefore, HCV infection and celiac disease may occur together. Here, we describe 4 cases of celiac disease associated with chronic hepatitis C. This small case series indicates that chronic HCV infection and celiac disease are not causally associated.Entities:
Keywords: AEA, anti-endomysial antibodies; AGA, antigliadin antibodies; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; Autoimmune disease; HBsAg, hepatitis B surface antigen; HCV, hepatitis C virus; HLA, human leukocyte antigen; Ig, immunoglobulin; RNA, ribonucleic acid; WBC, white blood cell; celiac disease; hepatitis C virus infection
Year: 2011 PMID： 25755310 PMCID： PMC3940363 DOI： 10.1016/S0973-6883(11)60116-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Exp Hepatol ISSN： 0973-6883