Refractory coeliac disease: remission with infliximab and immunomodulators.

Department of Gastroenterology, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Marlborough Street, Bristol, UK. drsueturner@hotmail.com

European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology. 2005;(6):667-9

Abstract

Coeliac disease is a T-cell-mediated enteropathy induced by gluten. A minority of patients who fail to respond to a gluten-free diet may require intervention with immunomodulating drugs. We report a case of refractory coeliac disease where remission was induced by the anti-tumour necrosis factor-alpha antibody infliximab and was maintained with prednisolone and azathioprine.

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Publication Type : Case Reports ; Review

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