The major outcome of this study is that skin IgA-IF proven DH patients evincing coeliac-type small bowel mucosal villous atrophy at diagnosis does not differ from DH patients with non-atrophic small bowel mucosa with regard to GFD treatment response, long-term quality of life, or the presence of chronic illnesses or coeliac disease-associated complications. Here, CD79A is linked to celiac disease.