Abstract

Severe hepatopathy and celiac disease (CD)

Highlights

  • Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune enteropathy linked to gluten intolerance, a disease with a genetic predisposition

  • Of a total of 248 cases of celiac disease observed in our department, 78 cases (31.5%) had chronic associated liver disease, including 05 cases of severe liver disease

  • The diagnosis of celiac disease was made before the appearance of chronic liver disease in patients with an average delay of 9.5 years, whereas only one patient had a chronic liver disease diagnosed years before the discovery of celiac disease

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Summary

Introduction

Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune enteropathy linked to gluten intolerance, a disease with a genetic predisposition. We report our experience on cases of severe cryptogenetic liver disease and celiac disease

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