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ORTUNO ESCALANTE, Rafael  e  CORTEZ ALBORNOZ, Ingue. ¿Es la esteatorrea un hallazgo frecuente en pacientes con celiaquia en un hospital de tercer nivel de la ciudad de La Paz?. Cuad. - Hosp. Clín. [online]. 2008, vol.53, n.1, pp.25-30. ISSN 1562-6776.

RESEARCH QUESTION ¿Is the steatorrea the most frecuent sintom in patients with celiac disease at the third level hospital in La Paz city? GENERAL OBJETIVS To identifity the epidemiological and clinical caracteristics in patients with celiac disease. ESPECIFIC AIMS 1.- To identifity the esteatorrea frecuency in patients with celiac disease at Instituto de Gastroenterologia Boliviano-Japones in La Paz city. 2.- To establish the correlation betwen the duodenal biopsys and serological test in this illnes. 3.- To determine the effectiveness dietoterapic diet in this patients. DESIG Serial cases. PLACE Instituto de Gastroenterologia Boliviano Japones at La Paz city. PARTICIPANTS Thirteen patients. METHODS We studied thirteen patients, eight female and five male, 37 to 68 age. All the patients present cronic diarrea. In all we determinate serological marks and duodenal biopsys. We determined antropometric parameters and value the answer the diet without gluten. RESULTS AND DISCUSION We found the esteatorrea isn’t the most sign. The most specifical serologycal marks are antiendomisy and antitransglutamins antibodies. Respect to the duodenal biopsys show us infiltrative and hiperplasic lesions. The diet answer without gluten was in all cases the best answer.

Palavras-chave : CELIAC DISEASE; GLUTEN.

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