100 Questions & Answers About Celiac Disease and Sprue: A Lahey Clinic Guide

by David L. Burns

Overview

An estimated 2 million people in the Unit ed States have Celiac disease, or about 1 in 133 people. 100 Questions and Answers about Celiac Disease: A Lahey Clinic Guide provides answers to the most common questions asked by patients and family members, especially parents of those children suffering from the disease.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780763745028
Publisher:	Jones & Bartlett Learning
Publication date:	10/25/2007
Series:	100 Questions & Answers about
Edition description:	1E
Pages:	226
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Tufts University School of Medicine - Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Massachusetts

Table of Contents

Foreword     v
Preface     ix
Acknowledgments     xi
Dedication     xiii
The Basics     1
Symptoms and Manifestations     13
Children and Celiac Disease     51
Evaluation and Diagnosis     69
Treatment for Celiac Disease: The Gluten-Free Diet     105
Management of Celiac Disease     135
Dermatitis Herpetiformis     155
Diseases Associated with Celiac Disease     161
Complications     171
Patient Resources     181
Conclusion     189
Appendix     193
Glossary     195
Index     207