THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CELIAC DISEASE AND HEPATITIS B VIRUS

摘要

The work entitled, "Are Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and Celiac Disease (CD) Linked?" shows no conclusive results on the relationship between HBV and CD (1). The researchers studied patients with chronic HBV2, patients who recovered from HBV2, and healthy patients but did not prove that they suffered from CD. A diagnosis of CD is made by bowel biopsy, although screens that measure IgA, tissue transglutaminase (TG), and endomysium markers can be performed initially; in some cases, different forms of celiac disease are not diagnosed early, and it is known that asymptomatic forms increase (2).....