Villous atrophy occurs when your intestinal villi—the microscopic, finger-like tentacles that line the wall of your small intestine—erode away, leaving a virtually flat surface. Celiac disease, an ...

Villi are vulnerable to damage by diseases like celiac disease and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Such damage can cause malabsorption which, in turn, can lead to malnutrition, vitamin ...

With diarrhea, food moves too quickly through the intestine for nutrients to be absorbed. Whenever gluten is consumed in people with celiac disease, the immune system will view the protein as harmful ...

A healthy small intestine is lined with fingerlike projections, called villi, that absorb nutrients. In celiac disease, the immune system attacks the villi, causing them to flatten and become ...

The gold standard for celiac disease is detection of flat villi through an upper endoscopy biopsy of the small intestine. However, according to the classification proposed by Marsh in 1992 ...

Celiac disease is a particularly common life-long disorder with a prevalence of approximately 1–2% in Western populations. In recent years the health-related quality of life has become an ...

“My doctor carried out various tests, but celiac disease wasn ... look for damage to the villi, the tiny finger-like projections that line the inside of the small intestine and absorb nutrients ...

Celiac disease is an immune‑mediated enteropathy in which an aberrant immune response to gluten damages the small‑intestinal lining, leading to increased mucosal permeability and chronic ...

In the wake of the no-biopsy approach to diagnosing celiac disease (CD) introduced in the 2012 European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Nutrition guidelines, Israeli ...

Various factors, ranging from eating habits to digestive or gastrointestinal ... Unlike non-celiac gluten sensitivity, celiac disease is a serious condition that, without treatment, can damage ...

Celiac disease is an autoimmune condition that primarily affects the small intestine when the person ingests gluten, which is found in wheat, barley and rye. Symptoms differ from person to person ...