And another one, more up to date
Hepatogastroenterology 1987 Feb;34(1):36-37
Small-bowel changes in recurrent ulceration of the mouth.
Veloso FT, Saleiro JV
Jejunal biopsies of twenty-four patients with aphthous ulcers in whom
malabsorption was not found, were studied. Four patients (16%) had subtotal
villous atrophy and this structural change reversed after gluten withdrawal.
There was a significant increase in intra-epithelial lymphocytes in the
aphthous patients compared with healthy controls (p less than 0.001). The
lymphocytic infiltration of the epithelium was higher, even in specimens with
normal morphology (p less than 0.001). The findings suggest that a significant
number of patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis may have a mild form of
gluten enteropathy.
PMID: 3570141, UI: 87192405
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