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Celiac disease screening in patients with cryptogenic cirrhosis
Janaina Luz Narciso-Schiavon1, Leonardo Lucca Schiavon2
1Gastroenterology Division, Internal Medicine Department, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis 88040-900, SC, Brazil. janaina.narciso@uol.com.br.
Abstract:
We write a letter to the editor commenting the article "Who to screen and how to screen for celiac disease". We discuss the present literature on cirrhosis and celiac disease (CD) and recommend screening and treating CD in individuals with cryptogenic cirrhosis.
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