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Malabsorption and macroamylasemia. Response to gluten withdrawal |
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| Authors: | H J Hodgson K B Whitaker B T Cooper J H Baron H G Freeman D W Moss V S Chadwick |
| Affiliation: | London, England |
| 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. |
| Keywords: | Requests for reprints should be addressed to Dr. Humphrey J. F. Hodgson Gastroenterology Unit Department of Medicine Royal Postgraduate Medical School Hammersmith Hospital Ducane Road London W12 OHS. |
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