[Gluten enteropathy--epidemiologic, clinical, morphologic and enzymatic study].

The results from the clinical, morphological and enzymatic studies are reported upon the jejunal mucosa and the effect of a gluten-free diet among a group of 60 patients with gluten enteropathy and 5 patients with idiopathic steatorrhea. The significance of light microscopic and electronmicroscopic studies are discussed in details in making the diagnosis, differential diagnosis and assessment of the results from the treatment of gluten enteropathy.