Growth hormone impaired secretion and antipituitary antibodies in patients with coeliac disease and poor catch-up growth after a long gluten-free diet period: A causal association?

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 165, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 897-903

  Iughetti, Lorenzo ^a   De Bellis, Annamaria ^b   Predieri, Barbara ^a   Bizzarro, Antonio ^b   De Simone, Michele ^c   Balli, Fiorella ^a   Bellastella, Antonio ^b   Bernasconi, Sergio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antipituitary antibodies; Catch up growth; Coeliac disease; Gluten free diet; Idiopathic growth hormone deficiency

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPOTHALAMUS ANTIBODY; ANTIPITUITARY ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; GROWTH HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CATCH UP GROWTH; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEMALE; GLUTEN FREE DIET; GROWTH DISORDER; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSITIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOLOGICAL MONITORING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOANTIBODIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET, PROTEIN-RESTRICTED; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GLUTEN; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFANT; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND;

EID: 33750327394     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-006-0182-4     Document Type: Article

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