Iron deficiency in children with coeliac disease on treatment with gluten-free diet. Role of intestinal blood loss

24 children in whom coeliac disease had been diagnosed between one and 10 years earlier were re-examined for intestinal loss of iron and activity of the disease. Mild iron deficiency by laboratory criteria and by response to iron medication was common. The children with biopsy evidence of flat mucos...

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