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Simultaneous occurrence of systemic lupus erythematosus and coeliac disease-like features
Y Varkel1, A Braester, H Suprun
1Department of Medicine A, Western Galilee Regional Hospital, Naharyia, Israel.
Postgraduate Medical Journal
|August 1, 1989
Abstract:
Involvement of the gastrointestinal tract in systemic lupus erythematosus is well documented but small intestinal malabsorption is a rare event. We report a 27 year old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus who had malabsorption and coeliac-like changes on intestinal biopsy. This is the eighth reported case of this association the significance of which is discussed.