DOI: 10.1097/01.mpg.0000181859.37006.dc

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Issn Print: 0277-2116

Publication Date: 2005/10/01


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CELIAC DISEASE IN PAKISTANI CHILDREN WITH PERSISTENT DIARRHEA: 3

Sina Aziz; Rana Muzaffar; Mirza N Zafar; Ayesha Mehnaz; Muhammad Mubarak; Zaigham Abbas; Syed A Naqvi; Adeeb H Rizvi

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Author Information: Pediatric gastroenterology and hepatology, SIUT, Karachi, Pakistan;

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Celiac disease (CD) an immune-mediated enteropathy caused by permanent sensitivity to gluten in genetically susceptible individuals. Data from Pakistan is meager. Children with persistent diarrhea (PD), treated as Protein calorie malnutrition with and without infective diarrhea, do not improve and are labeled as failure to thrive (FTT).

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