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SUBMITTER: Pasternack C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5872769 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pasternack Camilla C Mansikka Eriika E Kaukinen Katri K Hervonen Kaisa K Reunala Timo T Collin Pekka P Huhtala Heini H Mattila Ville M VM Salmi Teea T
Nutrients 20180314 3
Dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) is a cutaneous manifestation of coeliac disease. Increased bone fracture risk is known to associate with coeliac disease, but this has been only scantly studied in DH. In this study, self-reported fractures and fracture-associated factors in DH were investigated and compared to coeliac disease. Altogether, 222 DH patients and 129 coeliac disease-suffering controls were enrolled in this study. The Disease Related Questionnaire and the Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating ...[more]