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Descriptor English: Celiac Disease
Descriptor Spanish: Enfermedad Celíaca
Descriptor enfermedad celíaca
Entry term(s) enteropatía por gluten
esprue celiaco
esprue no tropical
Scope note: Síndrome de malabsorción precipitado por la ingestión de alimentos que contienen GLUTEN como el trigo, el centeno y la cebada. Se caracteriza por INFLAMACIÓN del INTESTINO DELGADO, pérdida de la estructura de las MICROVELLOSIDADES, alteraciones de la ABSORCIÓN INTESTINAL y DESNUTRICIÓN.
Descriptor Portuguese: Doença Celíaca
Descriptor French: Maladie coeliaque
Entry term(s): Celiac Sprue
Disease, Celiac
Enteropathies, Gluten
Enteropathies, Gluten-Sensitive
Enteropathy, Gluten
Enteropathy, Gluten-Sensitive
Gluten Enteropathies
Gluten Enteropathy
Gluten Sensitive Enteropathy
Gluten-Sensitive Enteropathies
Gluten-Sensitive Enteropathy
Nontropical Sprue
Sprue
Sprue, Celiac
Sprue, Nontropical
Tree number(s): C06.405.469.637.250
C18.452.603.250
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002446
Scope note: A malabsorption syndrome that is precipitated by the ingestion of foods containing GLUTEN, such as wheat, rye, and barley. It is characterized by INFLAMMATION of the SMALL INTESTINE, loss of MICROVILLI structure, failed INTESTINAL ABSORPTION, and MALNUTRITION.
Annotation: do not confuse with SPRUE, TROPICAL
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Entry Version: CELIAC DIS
Related: Enteropathy-Associated T-Cell Lymphoma MeSH
Sprue, Tropical MeSH
Wheat Hypersensitivity MeSH
DeCS ID: 2481
Unique ID: D002446
NLM Classification: WD 175
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/08
Celiac Disease - Preferred
Concept UI M0003736
Scope note A malabsorption syndrome that is precipitated by the ingestion of foods containing GLUTEN, such as wheat, rye, and barley. It is characterized by INFLAMMATION of the SMALL INTESTINE, loss of MICROVILLI structure, failed INTESTINAL ABSORPTION, and MALNUTRITION.
Preferred term Celiac Disease
Entry term(s) Celiac Sprue
Disease, Celiac
Enteropathies, Gluten
Enteropathies, Gluten-Sensitive
Enteropathy, Gluten
Enteropathy, Gluten-Sensitive
Gluten Enteropathies
Gluten Enteropathy
Gluten Sensitive Enteropathy
Gluten-Sensitive Enteropathies
Gluten-Sensitive Enteropathy
Nontropical Sprue
Sprue
Sprue, Celiac
Sprue, Nontropical



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