Refractory coeliac disease: remission with infliximab and immunomodulators.

Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol

Department of Gastroenterology, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Marlborough Street, Bristol, UK.

Published: June 2005

Coeliac disease is a T-cell-mediated enteropathy induced by gluten. A minority of patients who fail to respond to a gluten-free diet may require intervention with immunomodulating drugs. We report a case of refractory coeliac disease where remission was induced by the anti-tumour necrosis factor-alpha antibody infliximab and was maintained with prednisolone and azathioprine.

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