print email comment close MedlinePlus: Celiac Disease URL: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/celiacdisease.html Description: A compilation of links to information about celiac disease, "a digestive disease that damages the small intestine and interferes with absorption of nutrients from food. People who have celiac disease cannot tolerate a protein called gluten, which is found in wheat, rye, and barley." Topics include diagnosis and symptoms, treatment, nutrition, disease management, research, and organizations. Some material available in Spanish. From the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Publisher: National Library of Medicine (NLM); National Institutes of Health (NIH) Extra Keywords Medline Plus celiac sprue, gluten sensitive enteropathy GSE Library of Congress Subject Headings: Celiac disease Digestive organs -- Diseases Gluten-free diet LII Database Information: Record 9746 created by Maria Brandt on 02/07/2005 Last modification on 02/07/2005 Published: 02/07/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/9746