Colon neoplasia co-existing with coeliac disease in older patients: coincidental, probably; important, certainlyW Dickey
Dept of Gastroenterology, Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK
Scand J Gastroenterol 37:1054-6. 2002
..This study assessed the prevalence of colorectal neoplasia among patients with coeliac disease diagnosed after the age of 40 who presented with altered bowel habit or iron deficiency...
- Homocysteine and related B-vitamin status in coeliac disease: Effects of gluten exclusion and histological recovery
William Dickey
Department of Gastroenterology, Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK
Scand J Gastroenterol 43:682-8. 2008
..The objective of this study was to compare plasma homocysteine levels and biomarker status of metabolically related B vitamins (folate, vitamin B(12), B(6) and riboflavin) in treated and untreated CD patients and healthy controls...
- Diagnostic immunology in celiac disease
William Dickey
Department of Gastroenterology, Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, BT47 6SB, UK
Expert Rev Clin Immunol 5:471-9. 2009
..The aim of this review is to summarize recent publications in this field, with particular focus on the applications and limitations of celiac autoantibody testing in routine clinical practice...
- Making oats safer for patients with coeliac disease
William Dickey
Department of Gastroenterology, Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 20:494-5. 2008
..If patients with coeliac disease are to take oats, it is important that those consumed are free of contamination. This assay should allow the identification of safe oat products...
- A case of sequential development of celiac disease and ulcerative colitis
William Dickey
Department of Gastroenterology, Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK
Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol 4:463-7. 2007
..After 18 months of symptom improvement as a result of gluten exclusion the patient developed diarrhea, and colonoscopy revealed ulcerative colitis...
- Endoscopic markers for celiac disease
William Dickey
Department of Gastroenterology, Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry BT47 6SB, Northern Ireland, UK
Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol 3:546-51. 2006
..Endoscopic markers do, however, allow the selection of patients with nonspecific symptoms for duodenal biopsy, and these markers should, therefore, be looked for routinely during esophagogastroduodenoscopy...
- Patients with serum IgA endomysial antibodies and intact duodenal villi: clinical characteristics and management options
William Dickey
Department of Gastroenterology, Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Scand J Gastroenterol 40:1240-3. 2005
- Joint BAPEN and British Society of Gastroenterology Symposium on 'Coeliac disease: basics and controversies'. Coeliac disease in the twenty-first century
William Dickey
Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry BT47 6SB, UK
Proc Nutr Soc 68:234-41. 2009
..Insisting on all these criteria for diagnosis will result in under diagnosis...
- Histology of the terminal ileum in coeliac disease
W Dickey
Depts of Gastroenterology and Histopathology, Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry, Northern Ireland BT47 6SB, UK
Scand J Gastroenterol 39:665-7. 2004
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- Does fluoroscopic imaging still have a role in colonoscopy?
William Dickey
Department of Gastroenterology, Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
J Clin Gastroenterol 38:676-9. 2004
..To assess the use and value of fluoroscopic imaging in difficult colonoscopy...
- Iron deficiency, gastric atrophy and Helicobacter pylori
W Dickey
Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Dig Liver Dis 34:313-5. 2002
- Endoscopy, serology and histology in the diagnosis of coeliac disease
W Dickey
Department of Gastroenterology, Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Dig Liver Dis 34:172-4. 2002
- Low serum vitamin B12 is common in coeliac disease and is not due to autoimmune gastritis
William Dickey
Department of Gastroenterology, Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry BT47 6SB, Northern Ireland
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 14:425-7. 2002
..This study aimed to assess the prevalence of B12 deficiency in a large series of coeliac patients, and to exclude the possibility that it is due to associated autoimmune gastritis...
- Sensitivity of serum tissue transglutaminase antibodies for endomysial antibody positive and negative coeliac disease
W Dickey
Dept of Gastroenterology, Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK
Scand J Gastroenterol 36:511-4. 2001
..We assessed their performance in a coeliac population with a high proportion of EmA-negative patients, who have been under-represented in previous studies...
- Transthyretin values correlate with mucosal recovery in patients with coeliac disease taking a gluten free diet
S A McMillan
Regional Immunology Service, Royal Group of Hospitals, Belfast, BT12 6BN, Northern Ireland, UK
J Clin Pathol 54:783-6. 2001
..To assess changes in indicators of nutrition and iron deficiency as possible non-invasive markers of mucosal recovery in patients with coeliac disease on a gluten free diet...
- Erosions in the second part of the duodenum in patients with villous atrophy
William Dickey
Department of Gastroenterology, Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK
Gastrointest Endosc 59:116-8. 2004
..Erosions in the second part of the duodenum should be added to the list of endoscopic markers of celiac disease...
- Overweight in celiac disease: prevalence, clinical characteristics, and effect of a gluten-free diet
William Dickey
Department of Gastroenterology, Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Am J Gastroenterol 101:2356-9. 2006
..The increase in weight of already overweight patients after dietary gluten exclusion is a potential cause of morbidity, and the gluten-free diet as conventionally prescribed needs to be modified accordingly...
- Disappointing sensitivity of endoscopic markers for villous atrophy in a high-risk population: implications for celiac disease diagnosis during routine endoscopy
W Dickey
Department of Gastroenterology, Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Am J Gastroenterol 96:2126-8. 2001
..As celiac disease is an important cause of dyspepsia, consideration should be given to serological screening to further improve diagnosis rates, as few centers will have the resources to routinely biopsy all patients...
- Gastrointestinal investigation of iron deficiency anaemia detected by pre-blood donation screening
Charles Ferguson
Department of Gastroenterology, Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Scand J Gastroenterol 42:1386-7. 2007
- Colonoscope length and procedure efficiency
William Dickey
Department of Gastroenterology, Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Am J Gastroenterol 97:79-82. 2002
..6%). CONCLUSIONS: Although the length of the intermediate instrument rarely compromises colonoscopy, it offers no significant advantage over the long scope for routine procedures...
- Increasing numbers at a specialist coeliac clinic: contribution of serological testing in primary care
W Dickey
Department of Gastroenterology, Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry BT47 6SB, Northern Ireland, UK
Dig Liver Dis 37:928-33. 2005
..The contribution of specialists other than gastroenterologists in secondary care is disappointing and may improve with directed education...
- Cerebral air embolism complicating esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)
B J McAree
Department of General Surgery, Department of Gastrointestinal Medicine, Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Endoscopy 40:E191-2. 2008
- Celiac disease presenting as the Paterson-Brown Kelly (Plummer-Vinson) syndrome
W Dickey
Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Am J Gastroenterol 94:527-9. 1999
..Neither had gastrointestinal symptoms suggestive of malabsorption. Celiac disease is a recognized cause of chronic iron deficiency and should be considered as an etiological factor for sideropenic dysphagia...
- Surveillance for Barrett's oesophagus: results from a programme in Northern Ireland
Seamus J Murphy
Altnagelvin Area Hospital, Derry, UK
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 17:1029-35. 2005
..We carried out a study of all such patients at a large District General Hospital in Northern Ireland...
- Coeliac disease: is it time for mass screening?
M Luisa Mearin
Pediatric Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, Leiden University Medical Centre, P O Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol 19:441-52. 2005
..The economic costs of screening and treatment versus morbidity prevented have not been calculated...
