100 Questions & Answers About Celiac Disease and Sprue: A Lahey Clinic Guide

by Burns, David L.

• ISBN13: 9780763745028
• ISBN10: 0763745022
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-10-25
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Summary

Empower Yourself - and Your Children! an estimated 2 million people in the United States have Celiac disease, or about 1 in 133 people.  100 Questions and Answers about Celiac Disease: A Lahey Clinic Guide provides answers To The most common questions asked by patients and family members, especially parents of those children suffering from the disease.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. v
Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Dedication	p. xiii
The Basics	p. 1
Symptoms and Manifestations	p. 13
Children and Celiac Disease	p. 51
Evaluation and Diagnosis	p. 69
Treatment for Celiac Disease: The Gluten-Free Diet	p. 105
Management of Celiac Disease	p. 135
Dermatitis Herpetiformis	p. 155
Diseases Associated with Celiac Disease	p. 161
Complications	p. 171
Patient Resources	p. 181
Conclusion	p. 189
Appendix	p. 193
Glossary	p. 195
Index	p. 207
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