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Discovery of Gluten as the Injurious Component in Celiac Disease
Author(s) -
Werlin Steven L.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
nutrition in clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1941-2452
pISSN - 0884-5336
DOI - 10.1177/0884533611399775
Subject(s) - medicine , gluten , component (thermodynamics) , disease , pathology , physics , thermodynamics
Celiac disease is a common disorder that was first identified in the early 1900s. Multiple diets were used to treat celiac disease until 1953, when Dicke, Weijers, and van de Kamer identified gluten as the cause of the symptoms. Today, gluten avoidance continues to be the only treatment for patients with celiac disease. (Nutr Clin Pract. 2011;26:160–162)