Sept. 27, 2002 — A report in the Sept. 27 issue of Science identifies the culprit inducing celiac sprue as a 33-mer peptide of gluten, and a bacterial prolyl endopeptidase which can metabolize this ...

October has been designated Celiac Sprue Awareness Month by the National Celiac Sprue Association. This disease is diagnosed in one in 400 people, but Jan Hammer of Fargo says, "It is estimated that ...

Celiac sprue (CS) is a gluten-sensitive enteropathy with many autoimmune features. CS involves multiple organs through immune and nonimmune processes, and is frequently associated with other ...

Seven years ago, during an endoscopy for what was thought to be acid reflux, the doctor looked at the screen and exclaimed "Oh! Celiac sprue!" "I'm awake. I'm not sedated or anything," continued the ...

Celiac Sprue is an autoimmune disease of the small intestine induced by exposure to dietary gluten, but the molecular trigger for gluten toxicity remains unclear. In September 27 Science, Lu Shan and ...

Mrs. Burrows was worried about her granddaughter. “She hadn’t been well for about a year. We always knew she had a sensitive stomach, but then she started having diarrhea and nausea every day,” she ...

It has been said that necessity is the mother of invention. That couldn’t be more true for Mike and Kristy Johnson of Tekamah. The couple started Kristy’s Kitchen, making gluten-free food mixes after ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I had a duodenum biopsy to rule out sprue. The biopsy results were that my duodenal mucosa showed: “… mucosal inflammation with marked flattening of the mucosa. Micro­scopic ...

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DEAR DR. ROACH: I had a duodenum biopsy to rule out sprue. The biopsy results were that my duodenal mucosa showed: “… mucosal inflammation with marked flattening of the mucosa. Microscopic examination ...