Refractory celiac disease
Synonyms: Refractory CD | Refractory sprue
Refractory celiac disease is a rare intestinal disease characterized by persistent or recurrent symptoms and signs of confirmed celiac disease despite a long-term strict gluten-free diet in the absence of other causes of villous atrophy or malignant complications and with or without presence of increased abnormal intraepitelial lymphocytes.
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Orphadata: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Available on http://www.orphadata.org. Data version April 2024
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