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MeSH Heading: Celiac Disease
Tree Number(s): C06.405.469.637.250; C18.452.603.250
Unique ID: D002446
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002446
Annotation: do not confuse with SPRUE, TROPICAL
Scope Note: A malabsorption syndrome that is precipitated by the ingestion of foods containing GLUTEN, such as wheat, rye, and barley. It is characterized by INFLAMMATION of the SMALL INTESTINE, loss of MICROVILLI structure, failed INTESTINAL ABSORPTION, and MALNUTRITION.
Entry Version: CELIAC DIS
Entry Term(s): Celiac Sprue; Gluten Enteropathy; Gluten-Sensitive Enteropathy; Sprue; Sprue, Celiac; Sprue, Nontropical
NLM Classification #: WI 471
See Also: Enteropathy-Associated T-Cell Lymphoma; Sprue, Tropical; Wheat Hypersensitivity
Date Introduced: 1966/01/01
Last Updated: 2013/07/08

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0003736
Scope Note: A malabsorption syndrome that is precipitated by the ingestion of foods containing GLUTEN, such as wheat, rye, and barley. It is characterized by INFLAMMATION of the SMALL INTESTINE, loss of MICROVILLI structure, failed INTESTINAL ABSORPTION, and MALNUTRITION.
Terms: Celiac Disease Preferred Term
Term UI T007139
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Gluten Enteropathy
Term UI T007140
Date05/19/1981
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Gluten-Sensitive Enteropathy
Term UI T539619
Date05/01/2003
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Celiac Sprue
Term UI T811444
Date11/15/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Sprue, Celiac
Term UI T539617
Date05/01/2003
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2004); Sprue, Nontropical
Term UI T539618
Date05/01/2003
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2004); Sprue
Term UI T841090
Date04/18/2013
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID

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