Prevalence of celiac disease in adult type 1 patients with diabetes

Dogan B., Oner C., Bayramicli O. U. , Yorulmaz E., Feyizoglu G., OĞUZ A.

PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, vol.31, no.4, pp.865-868, 2015 (Journal Indexed in SCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 31 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.12669/pjms.314.7206
  • Title of Journal : PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
  • Page Numbers: pp.865-868
  • Keywords: Type 1 diabetes, Celiac disease, Prevalence, TISSUE TRANSGLUTAMINASE, MELLITUS, SPRUE

Abstract

Objectives: Celiac disease, an autoimmune disease, is related to immune mediated intolerance to gluten. Some studies suggest that Celiac Disease was 20 times more frequent in type 1 patients with diabetes. The objective of our study was to evaluate the prevalence of celiac disease in hospital based type 1 diabetic adults.