High prevalence of celiac disease among patients with insulin-dependent (type I) diabetes mellitus.

Cornelius Cronin, Aoife Feighery, J. B. Ferriss, Clare Liddy, Fergus Shanahan, C. Feighery

PubMed · 1997 · 138 citations · 0 references

Abstract

Patients with insulin-dependent diabetes have an increased prevalence of celiac disease. Because most cases are clinically unrecognized, consideration should be given to screening all insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus patients with endomysial antibodies.