Abstract Title:
Malabsorption and macroamylasemia. Response to gluten withdrawal.
Abstract Source:
Am J Med. 1980 Sep ;69(3):451-7. PMID: 6158266
Abstract Author(s):
H J Hodgson, K B Whitaker, B T Cooper, J H Baron, H G Freeman, D W Moss, V S Chadwick
Abstract:
A 36 year old woman presented with malabsorption and macroamylasemia. The macroamylase was characterized and shown to be a complex of pancreatic amylase and immunoglobulin A(IgA). The patient had the clinical and histologic features of adult celiac disease, and responded to a gluten-free diet. The macroamylase complex disappeared from the serum after gluten withdrawal, a hitherto unreported finding in the syndrome of malabsorption and hyperamylasemia.
Article Published Date : Sep 01, 1980
