ELEVATED SERUM AMINOTRANSFERASE ACTIVITY AS AN EARLY MANIFESTATION OF GLUTEN-SENSITIVE ENTEROPATHY

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VAJRO, P [1 ]
FONTANELLA, A [1 ]
MAYER, M [1 ]
DEVINCENZO, A [1 ]
TERRACCIANO, LM [1 ]
DARMIENTO, M [1 ]
VECCHIONE, R [1 ]
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[1] UNIV NAPLES, FAC MED 2, DEPT PATHOL, I-80138 NAPLES, ITALY
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10.1016/S0022-3476(05)83430-4
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R72 [儿科学];
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Six children in whom long-standing hypertransaminasemia of unknown cause led to an initial diagnosis of chronic or protracted cryptogenic hepatitis were found to have asymptomatic celiac disease. Administration of a gluten-free diet caused a prompt improvement of both hepatic and intestinal biochemical/histologic abnormalities. Hepatic damage may be another ''atypical'' form of celiac disease in children.
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