SEARCHING FOR COELIAC DISEASE: SIGNS, SYMPTOMS, COMPLICATIONS, ASSOCIATED DISEASE

Key words: Coeliac disease, Signs, Symptoms, Complications, Associated diseases

The article offers an overview, based on 329 bibliographic references, of coeliac disease. Typical as well as atypical presenting signs and symptoms are described. The main clinical features, the complications and the associated syndromes and diseases are listed, including all clinical conditions where investigating for possible coeliac disease as a possible underlying cause is recommended.