Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Non-celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS) belongs to gluten-related disorders. Patients with NCGS develop a variety of intestinal and/or extraintestinal symptoms such as abdominal pain, bloating, bowel habit abnormalities, nausea, gastroesophageal reflux disease and aphthous stomatitis, that improve when gluten is removed from the diet. The diagnosis is made after exclusion of coeliac disease and wheat allergy. Although thyroxine malabsorption has been described in pa...