The Burden of Depressive and Bipolar Disorders in Celiac Disease.

Aims: to measure the association between Celiac Disease (CD) and affective disorders, particularly Bipolar Disorder (BD), since it has not been studied yet, and to measure how much the quality of life (QoL) of a person with CD is affected by comorbidity with these disorders.

Design: Case-control study.

Cases: 60 consecutive patients with CD.

Ultrastructural localization of epidermal growth factor receptor in human parotid gland.

The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is widely distributed in several organs in which, following interaction with its ligand, it can affect development and differentiation. The aim of this study was to define the distribution of EGFR in human parotid gland by means of a post-embedding immunogold staining method. Normal human parotid glands obtained at surgery were routinely prepared for electron microscopy.