During an 11-year period the incidence of coeliac disease presenting in children in the West
of Ireland has been found to be 1 in 597. When allowance is made for presentation of the …

Between 1960 and 1974 the incidence of coeliac disease in children under 12 years in
County Galway remained fairly constant, but since 1975 it has fallen by 62% and the …

Three sibs with a hitherto unreported syndrome are described, the main features being
mental handicap, palatal defects, micrognathia, and severe costovertebral defects, involving …

Twelve of 112 infants and children with coeliac disease were constipated at some time
before diagnosis. Of the 12 children 9 had faecal impaction when first seen, and in 3 of them …

Lactase, sucrase, and alkaline phosphatase activities were measured in 833 peroral small
intestinal biopsies from 373 patients with coeliac disease. Enzyme activities decreased with …

Peroral duodenojejunal biopsies were performed on 114 of 195 first degree relatives of 31
index coeliac patients in 28 families. Twelve of these biopsies were characteristic of coeliac …

Fifty two children in whom coeliac disease was confirmed by persistent enteropathy while
they were taking gluten were monitored to assess the effects of compliance with a gluten …

Follow-up studies on 36 children, in whom celiac disease (gluten-sensitive enteropathy) was
established by gluten challenge, were carried out after management on gluten-free diets for …

The sera of 69 index coeliac patients, 121 of their first-degree relatives, and 104 controls
were screened for the presence of reticulin antibodies. Among the untreated coeliac patients …

Duodenal mucosa showed normal morphology, interepithelial lymphocytes, alkaline
phosphatase, and sucrase in a girl with growth retardation and iron deficiency, but normal …