Frequency of associated chronic diseases among our patients with coeliac disease
N Csoszánszki, A Nemes Nagy, E Tomsits · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2007 · Heft 05
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The aim of our study was to determine the prevalence of different associated chronic diseases causing clinical symptoms, in the patients registered with celiac disease at our gastroenterological unit in the spring of 2007. The method of the study was a retrospective analysis. Patients: 212 children were involved in the study. The female to male ratio was 137 to 75. The mean age was 13 years. Among our patients we could find 33 cases with another associated symptom causing chronic diseases. The distribution is the following: IgA deficiency was diagnosed in 8 cases, diabetes mellitus in 8 patients and hypothyreosi…