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ArticleGastroenterology and hepatology from bed to bench2015

Is it necessary to screen for celiac disease in adult idiopathic osteoporosis?

Bijan Shahbazkhani, Najmeh Aletaha, Ahmad Khonche, Benyamin Farahvash, Reza Malekzadeh

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Article in Gastroenterology and hepatology from bed to bench, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Bijan ShahbazkhaniDigestive Disease Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Najmeh AletahaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ahmad KhoncheBaqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Benyamin FarahvashBoston University School of Medicine, USA.
Reza MalekzadehDigestive Disease Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Tehran University of Medical Sciences · IRBaqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences · IRBoston University · US

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Abstract

aimthe aim of this study was to investigate the necessity of screening for celiac disease in idiopathic osteoporotic patients.

backgroundOsteopenia and osteoporosis are well-known and prevalent complications of celiac disease. However, the relative prevalence of celiac disease among osteoporotic populations is not known, and the benefit of screening for celiac disease among the osteoporotic population remains controversial. PATIENTS AND

methodsWe evaluated a total of 560 individuals, 460 with osteoporosis and 100 healthy subjects, from the rheumatology clinic in Imam Khomeini and Shariati hospital by IgA anti-tissue transglutaminase (anti-tTG) for celiac disease. Then individuals with positive serologic test underwent upper GI Endoscopy & 2nd part duodenum biopsies. The clinical findings were evaluated in both groups and were compared with each other.

resultsFive (1.08%) of 460 patients with osteoporosis and 1 (1%) of 100 subjects without osteoporosis had celiac disease by positive serologic & pathology results. Three patients with positive serology & pathology results were female. All patients in osteoporotic group had at least one other symptom of celiac disease. Two of them had anemia and others had chronic abdominal pain, recurrent oral aphtous lesion & chronic bloating.

conclusionIn the present study, the prevalence of celiac disease in osteoporotic patients is not high enough to justify recommendation for serologic screening of celiac disease in all patients with idiopathic osteoporosis; but in osteoporotic patients with other celiac or gastrointestinal symptoms and signs, for example iron deficiency anemia, chronic dyspepsia and bloating, constipation or diarrhea and recurrent aphtous lesions, it is necessary to evaluate for celiac disease.

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Celiac DiseaseIgA anti-tissue transglutaminasOsteoporosis

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