Are Parasitic Infections a Solution in the Treatment of Celiac Disease?

Anamaria Girbovan¹, Gabriel Samasca^2, and Iulia Lupan³

¹Department of Immunology, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

²Emergency Hospital for Children, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

³Department Molecular Biology and Biotehnology, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Cite this paper:
Anamaria Girbovan, Gabriel Samasca and Iulia Lupan. Are Parasitic Infections a Solution in the Treatment of Celiac Disease?. International Journal of Celiac Disease. 2017; 5(3):125-126. doi: 10.12691/ijcd-5-3-10

Abstract

In this issue, Rahmoune et al. present two pediatric patients with infectious associations leading to a transient positive celiac disease serology. The question is: Are parasitic infections a solution for the treatment of celiac disease?

Keywords:
celiac disease parasitic infections benefit

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