Celiac Disease | Medscape Celiac Disease | Medscape

Celiac disease (also known as celiac sprue and gluten-sensitive enteropathy) is a prevalent food hypersensitivity disorder of the small intestine caused by an inflammatory response to wheat gluten and similar proteins of barley and rye. The condition can manifest with a previously unsuspected range of clinical presentations.
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