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The serum levels of beta 2-microglobulins (beta 2-m) were studied in 65 celiac children. Significant statistical differences (p less than 0.05) were found between the values of patients on a gluten-containing diet (mean +/- SD, 1.92 +/- 0.64 mg/L) and those on a gluten-free diet for less than (mean +/- SD, 2.38 +/- 0.76 mg/L) or greater than (mean +/- SD, 1.46 +/- 0.77 mg/L) 8 months. A significant difference was also found between the first group and the 15-subject control group, who underwent intestinal biopsy for low stature or chronic diarrhea but had normal intestinal mucosa (mean +/- SD, 1.56 +/- 0.42 mg/L). Serum beta 2-m levels were above normal values (less than 2 mg/L) in 10 of 26 (38.5%) celiac patients on a gluten-containing diet and in two of 15 (13.3%) subjects of the control group. The beta 2-m values of patients on a gluten-free diet for less than or equal to 8 months were significantly different (p less than 0.001) from those of patients on a gluten-free diet for greater than 8 months, as well from those of the control group. No significant differences were found between patients on a gluten-free diet for greater than 8 months and the control group. A significant correlation between the antigliadin antibody (AGA) IgA and beta 2-m in the patients on a gluten-free diet for greater than 8 months and control-group patients was found.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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