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Coeliac disease presenting as variceal haemorrhage
  1. D Thorburn1,
  2. A J Stanley1,
  3. A Foulis2,
  4. R Campbell Tait3
  1. 1Gastroenterology Unit, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK
  2. 2Department of Pathology, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK
  3. 3Department of Haematology, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr A J Stanley, Ward 8/9 Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 84 Castle St, Glasgow G4 0SF, UK;
    adrian.stanley{at}northglasgow.scot.nhs.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.52.5.758

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