Background: Although most patients with celiac disease (CD) have digestive manifestations, in some of them they may be of extraintestinal (atypical) nature, such as chronic anemia, ataxia, and fertility disorders.
Objective: To determine the prevalence of CD-related antibodies in Mexican women with fertility disorders.
Material And Methods: Case-control study of women who attended evaluation for fertility disorders in a specialized center.
Introduction And Objectives: It is essential for patients with celiac disease (CD) to be on a gluten-free diet (GFD) but said diet has also been reported to increase the risk for metabolic syndrome. There is no evidence on the metabolic effects of a GFD in patients with nonceliac gluten sensitivity (NCGS) or in asymptomatic subjects. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the metabolic effects of a GFD over a 6-month period in patients with CD, patients with NCGS, and in asymptomatic controls (ACs).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) prevalence fluctuates according to the population studied and varies from 0.4% in an open population to 6.5% in subjects with esophageal symptoms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn patients with chronic indeterminate Chagas disease, conventional manometry has shown that 25-48% had esophageal motor disorders. Recently, esophageal high-resolution manometry (HRM) has revolutionized the assessment of esophageal motor function. In this study, we performed esophageal HRM in a group of subjects with incidentally positive serological findings for Trypanosoma cruzi.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: There are multiple Helicobacter pylori (Hp) detection tests, some are invasive and other noninvasive. The diagnostic accuracy of these methods varies according to the prevalence of the disease.
Objective: To determine the diagnostic accuracy of the breath test, serology and rapid urease test, considering gastric biopsy with Giemsa stain as the gold standard in Hp-infected subjects with uninvestigated dyspepsia.