Year 2016 / Volume 108 / Number 2
Letter to the Editor
Celiac disease and fibromyalgia: Is there an association?

107-108

DOI: 10.17235/reed.2015.3992/2015

Renato Nisihara, Ana Paula Marques, Amanda Mei, Thelma Skare,

Abstract
It has been found that celiac disease (CD) and non-celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS) have a high prevalence in fibromyalgia (FM) patients. NCGS is a relatively new entity characterized by gastrointestinal and extra-intestinal manifestations in the absence of CD or wheat allergy. It is different from CD because anti-transglutaminase (anti-tTG) or endomysial antibodies (IgA-EmA) are lacking and the intestinal mucosa is normal or with mild abnormalities as increased intraepithelial lymphocytes in the absence of villous atrophy.
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Publication history

Received: 01/09/2015

Accepted: 29/09/2015

Online First: 15/12/2015

Published: 01/02/2016

Article revision time: 26 days

Article Online First time: 105 days

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