Abstract
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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3-7 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia |
| Volume | 132 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 1997 |
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Keywords
- celiac disease, diet therapy
- celiac disease, pathology
- dermatitis herpetiforms
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Dermatology
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Gasparini, G., Brezzi, A., Barbareschi, M., Bauer, D., Fogato, E., Matturri, L., Vecchi, M., Landoni, M., & Franchis, R. (1997). Gluten-sensitive enteropathy in dermatitis herpetiformis: A freeze-fracture and morphometric study of the jejunal mucosa after one and two years of gluten-free diet. Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia, 132(1), 3-7.