Chronic Hepatitis Due to Gluten Enteropathy – a Case Report

Affiliations

Ivanova Irina I.: Department of Internal Medicine, Prof. Paraskev Stoyanov Medical University, Varna, Bulgaria
Dukova Denitsa Y.: Department of Internal Medicine, Prof. Paraskev Stoyanov Medical University, Varna, Bulgaria
Boikova Pavlina G.: Department of Internal Medicine, Prof. Paraskev Stoyanov Medical University, Varna, Bulgaria
Grudeva Lili S.: Clinic of Gastroenterology, St. Marina University Hospital, Varna, Bulgaria
Shalev Ivan B.: Department of Internal Medicine, Prof. Paraskev Stoyanov Medical University, Varna, Bulgaria
Kotzev Iskren A.: Department of Internal Medicine, Prof. Paraskev Stoyanov Medical University, Varna, Bulgaria

Abstract

Background: Celiac disease is an immune-mediated enteropathy precipitated by exposure to dietary gluten in genetically predisposed individuals.