August 2017

Is there a relationship between occult celiac disease and functional dyspepsia?

This is a study to answer the question: Is there a relationship between occult celiac disease and functional dyspepsia? The study was carried out on 400 dyspeptic patients. Upper gastrointestinal tract (GIT) endoscopy was done for all patients and those with non-functional dyspepsia were excluded from the study. Duodenal biopsies with histopathological examination according to the Marsh-Oberhuber criteria were done....

Author(s): Hanaa Kh. Fath-Elbab, Magdy Fouad, Elham Ahmed Mohammed, Nehad M. Reda and Hend Mones