Prevalence of celiac disease in patients with hepatitis B and C virus related cirrhosis and cryptogenic liver cirrhosis.

BALKAN A., GÜLŞEN M. T., ER R. E., YILDIRIM A. E., Konduk B. T., Barutcu S.

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH-INDIA, vol.28, no.8, pp.3736-3741, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 28 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Journal Name: BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH-INDIA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Chemical Abstracts Core
  • Page Numbers: pp.3736-3741
  • Keywords: Celiac disease, Cryptogenic, Cirrhosis, Hepatitis b, Hepatitis c, TRANSGLUTAMINASE ANTIBODIES, HYPERTRANSAMINASAEMIA, DIAGNOSIS, GLUTEN
  • Ankara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Introduction: Celiac disease (CD) is a disease that involves many organs including the liver and is caused by autoimmune enteropathy. We aimed to compare the CD frequency between the cryptogenic cirrhosis and cirrhosis due to hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV).