Publications by authors named "Leticia H C Lopes"
Objectives: To evaluate the therapeutic response and adverse effects of Noripurum EV in children and adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and iron deficiency anemia.
Materials And Methods: Cohort study involving patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) who received treatment for iron deficiency anemia with Noripurum EV. Anemia was defined according to WHO 2011 criteria.
First-degree relatives (FDRs) of 47 outpatients with celiac disease (CD) answered a questionnaire about symptoms related to CD and were investigated for human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DQ2, DQB102 homozygosis, and DQ8 alleles. Genetically susceptible individuals were tested for antitransglutaminase antibody immunoglobulin A. Seropositive FDR underwent small bowel biopsies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To evaluate bone mineral density of the lumbar spine in children and adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease, and to identify the clinical risk factors associated with low bone mineral density.
Methods: Bone mineral density of the lumbar spine was evaluated using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) in 40 patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Patients were 11.