A recent study used lactulose hydrogen-breath assays to show that small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) is likely a routine cause of non-responsive celiac disease.

Doctors from the Mayo clinic are proposing a new staging system for patients with refractory celiac disease after results of a recent study showed that their system offered greater accuracy and improved survival rates over the existing staging system. The new system will rely on the cumulative effect of 5 prognostic factors evaluated at the time of the refractory state diagnosis.

Am J Gastroenterol. 2002 Aug;97(8):2016-21 Celiac.com 01/29/2004 - According to researchers at the

Aliment Pharmacol Ther 18(5):487-494, 2003. M. S. Goerres*, J. W. R. Meijer, P. J. Wahab*, J. A. M

This article originally appeared in the Spring 2003 edition of Celiac.coms Scott-Free Newslette

The following post is from Dr. Joseph Murray, one of the leading USA physicians in the diagnosis

Collagenous Sprue is a distinctive lesion of the intestinal mucosa associated with progressi

Celiac that do not remain on a gluten-free diet can develop Refractory Sprue. Refractory Spr