Endoscopic images of the descending duodenum showed a granular mucosa with scalloped folds; spraying with 0.2% indigo carmine solution revealed a mosaic pattern and the absence of villi. Results of ...

Children and adolescents with untreated celiac disease display disease-related, histological alterations in the duodenal bulb, according to a new study. In 16 of the 665 patients enrolled in the study ...

A research team from Spain evaluated the predictive value of tissue transglutaminase (tTG) antibodies for villous atrophy in adult and pediatric populations to determine if duodenal biopsy can be ...

Despite advances in our knowledge of celiac disease, the most current and authoritative recommendations conclude that diagnosis requires at least four biopsy specimens to be taken from the duodenal ...

NEW ORLEANS — In a first-in-human, single-arm study, 39 patients in Chile with type 2 diabetes who underwent endoscopic duodenal mucosal resurfacing, known as the Revita procedure (Fractyl), had ...

A 56-year-old woman had a two-year history of refractory celiac disease for which she had taken prednisone (20 mg per day) for the previous six months, during which time her condition had worsened ...