But is it the gluten or the inflammatory process/disease which is the root
of the problem ?
JW
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From: TreforR <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Sunday, March 15, 1998 10:16 PM
Subject: Re: Aphthous Ulcers
>And another one, more up to date
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>Hepatogastroenterology 1987 Feb;34(1):36-37
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>Small-bowel changes in recurrent ulceration of the mouth.
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>Veloso FT, Saleiro JV
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>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.
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>PMID: 3570141, UI: 87192405
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