Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Prevalence of celiac disease (gluten enteropathy) in general population is around 1:100–300. Half of these patients are women. Most common age for diagnose is third year or third to fourth decade of life, due to mild clinical signs. In the moment of diagnosis, 30% of patients already have lowered bone mineral density (BMD). Pathophysiologic mechanism for lowering BMD is secondary, regulative, intestinal hyperparathyroidism.Aim: To trac...