Refractory celiac disease
ORPHA:398063· ICD-10 K90.0
Definition
Refractory celiac disease is a rare intestinal disease characterized by persistent or recurrent symptoms and signs of confirmed celiac disease despite a long-term, strict, gluten-free diet, in the absence of other causes of villous atrophy or malignant complications and with or without presence of increased abnormal intraepitelial lymphocytes.
- Prevalence
- Unknown
- Inheritance
- Not applicable
- Age of onset
- All ages