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Elemental diet in the treatment of refractory coeliac disease. Mandal, Aditya; Mayberry, John [Report] European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 13(1):79-80, January 2001.
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A minority of patients with coeliac disease do not improve in spite of strictly adhering to gluten-free diet and are considered to have developed refractory disease. Such patients are usually treated with steroid and/or immunosuppressive agents but these are not without serious side effects. Herein, we present a patient with refractory coeliac disease in whom remarkable clinical and histological improvement was achieved on elemental diet. Elemental diet should be considered as a treatment option in such patients.
(C) 2001 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.