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Polymyositis and adult coeliac disease
Author(s) -
Henriksson K. G.,
Hallert Claes,
Norrby Klas,
Walan Anders
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1982.tb03088.x
Subject(s) - polymyositis , coeliac disease , medicine , myopathy , gastroenterology , disease , gluten free , inflammatory myopathy
Gastrointestinal investigation of 14 adult patients with polymyositis disclosed coeliac disease in five. The inflammatory myopathy in our patients is not the same as the myopathy often seen in coeliac disease with osteomalacia. One patient has been free from both gastrointestinal and muscular symptoms for 5 years on a gluten‐free diet alone. The findings strongly suggest an association between polymyositis and adult coeliac disease.