TY - JOUR
T1 - Gluten-sensitive enteropathy in dermatitis herpetiformis
T2 - A freeze-fracture and morphometric study of the jejunal mucosa after one and two years of gluten-free diet
AU - Gasparini, G.
AU - Brezzi, A.
AU - Barbareschi, M.
AU - Bauer, D.
AU - Fogato, E.
AU - Matturri, L.
AU - Vecchi, M.
AU - Landoni, M.
AU - Franchis, R.
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - The authors report and discuss the results obtained by means of the combinations of the freeze-fracture technique with morphometric analysis in the investigation of the healing processes of gluten-sensitive enteropathy in dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) patients after one and two years of gluten-free diet (GFD). The samples of jejunal mucosa of 4 patients showed after the first year of GFD microvilli recover to their normal structure, but their number remain low, while during the second year we noted a striking increase in their number too. On the contrary, the tight-junctions net is reconstructed in a relatively short time, and recovers its normal appearance within one year of GFD.
AB - The authors report and discuss the results obtained by means of the combinations of the freeze-fracture technique with morphometric analysis in the investigation of the healing processes of gluten-sensitive enteropathy in dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) patients after one and two years of gluten-free diet (GFD). The samples of jejunal mucosa of 4 patients showed after the first year of GFD microvilli recover to their normal structure, but their number remain low, while during the second year we noted a striking increase in their number too. On the contrary, the tight-junctions net is reconstructed in a relatively short time, and recovers its normal appearance within one year of GFD.
KW - celiac disease, diet therapy
KW - celiac disease, pathology
KW - dermatitis herpetiforms
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0030995175
VL - 132
SP - 3
EP - 7
JO - Minerva dermatologica
JF - Minerva dermatologica
SN - 0392-0488
IS - 1
ER -