Chronic unexplained hypertransaminasemia may be caused by occult celiac disease

Hepatology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 654-657

  Bardella, Maria Teresa ^a,c   Vecchi, Maurizio ^b   Conte, Dario ^a   Del Ninno, Ersilio ^b   Fraquelli, Mirella ^a   Pacchetti, Stefania ^a   Minola, Eliseo ^a   Landoni, Marina ^b   Cesana, Bruno Mario ^a   De Franchis, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; GLIADIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032978310     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510290318     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Hagander B, Berg NO, Brandt L, Norden A, Sjolund K, Stenstam M. Hepatic injury in adult coeliac disease. Lancet 1977; ii:270-272.
2. Bardella MT, Fraquelli M, Quatrini M, Molteni N, Bianchi P, Conte D. Prevalence of hypertransaminasemia in adult celiac patients and effect of gluten-free diet. HEPATOLOGY 1995;22:833-836.
3. Bonamico M, Pitzalis G, Culasso F. Hepatic damage during coeliac disease in childhood. Minerva Pediatr 1986;38:959-962.
4. Catassi C, Ratsch IM, Fabiani E, Ricci S, Bordicchia F, Pierdomenico R, Giorgi PL. High prevalence of undiagnosed coeliac disease in 5820 Italian students screened by antigliadin antibodies. Acta Paediatr 1995;84:672-676.
5. Grodzinsky E, Franzen L, Hed J, Strom M. High prevalence of celiac disease in healthy adults revealed by antigliadin antibodies. Ann Allergy 1992;69:66-70.
6. Ascher H, Kristiansson B. Childhood coeliac disease in Sweden. Lancet 1994;344:340-341.
7. Fasano A. Where are all the American coeliacs gone? Acta Paediatr 1996;412:20-24.
8. Corazza GR, Frisoni M, Treggiari EA, Valentini RA, Filipponi C, Volta U, Gasbarrini G. Subclinical celiac sprue increasing occurrence and clues to its diagnosis. J Clin Gastroenterol 1993;16:16-21.
9. Leonardi S, Bottaro G, Patanè R, Musumeci S. Hypertransaminasemia as the first symptom in infant celiac disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 1990;11:404-406.
10. Vairo P, Fontanella A, Mayer M, De Vincenzo A, Terracciano LM, D'Armiento M, Vecchione R. Elevated serum aminotransferase activity as an early manifestation of gluten-sensitive enteropathy. J Pediatr 1993;122:416-419.
11. Maki M. The humoral immune system in coeliac disease. In: Coeliac disease, PD Howdle, ed. Bailleres Clin Gastroenterol 1995;9:231-249.
12. Floreani A, Chiaramonte M, Venturini R, Plebani M, Martin A, Giacomini A, Naccarato R. Antigliadin antibody classes in chronic liver disease. Ital J Gastroenterol 1982;24:457-460.
13. Volta U, De Franceschi L, Lan F, Molinaro N, Zoli M, Bianchi FB. Coeliac disease hidden by cryptogenic hypertransaminasemia. Lancet 1998;352: 26-29.
14. Brissot P, Moirand R, Guyader D, Loreal O, Turlin B, Deugnier Y. Haemochromatosis after the gene discovery: revisiting the diagnostic strategy. J Hepatol 1998;28:14-18.
15. Edwards CQ, Kushner JP. Screening for hemochromatosis. N EngI J Med 1993;328:1616-1620.
16. Gollan JL, Gollan TJ. Wilson disease in 1998: genetic, diagnostic and therapeutic aspect. J Hepatol 1998;28:28-36.
17. Sifers RN, Finegold MJ, Woo SL. Molecular biology and genetics of alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency. Semin Liver Dis 1992;12:301-310.
18. Howdle PD, Losowsky MS. Coeliac disease in adults. In: Marsh MN, ed. Coeliac disease. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1992:49-80.