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Twelve patients had high serum anti-gliadin antibody titres and nine increased permeability. The gamma\/delta IEL count was high (&gt; 5.5 per mm villus epithelium) in nine patients, the intestinal antibody pattern was positive in 21, and the total IEL count was high (&gt; 40 per 100 enterocytes) in 13. Overall, 31 patients had positive indices, but in 19 only a single test was abnormal. High gamma\/delta IEL counts were found in six of 21 intestinal antibody positive patients, but in only two of 56 who were intestinal antibody negative (p &lt; 0.001); there were no other significant associations. Clinical tests of gluten sensitivity will be required to establish the prevalence of latent gluten sensitive enteropathy in the 40% of patients referred for jejunal biopsy in whom one or more of the immunological indices of potential coeliac disease is present.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1136\/gut.35.4.476","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2007,9,18]],"date-time":"2007-09-18T17:41:31Z","timestamp":1190137291000},"page":"476-482","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":60,"title":["Intestinal antibody pattern of coeliac disease: association with gamma\/delta T cell receptor expression by intraepithelial lymphocytes, and other indices of potential coeliac disease."],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"35","author":[{"given":"E","family":"Arranz","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"J","family":"Bode","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"K","family":"Kingstone","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"A","family":"Ferguson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[1994,4,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"119","article-title":"Definitions and diagnostic criteria of latent and potential coeliac disease","volume-title":"food intolerances I. 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