This article reviews issues related to identifying the appropriate patient to test for celiac
disease, the performance characteristics of serologic testing, the role of gene testing for …

Objectives: The prevalence of celiac disease (CD) among the relatives and the
complications of an undiagnosed CD prompted us to identify a useful disease screening …

Recent work has demonstrated the clinical significance of the celiac disease subtypes,
emphasizing the importance of careful diagnosis and recognition. There is a move toward a …

Diagnosis of Celiac Disease in Clinical Practice: Physician'... : Journal of Clinical
Gastroenterology Diagnosis of Celiac Disease in Clinical Practice: Physician's Alertness to the …

Celiac disease is the only treatable autoimmune disease, provided that a correct diagnosis
is achieved and a strict, lifelong gluten-free diet is implemented. The current diagnostic …

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the value of HLA-DQ2/DQ8 allelic
genotyping combined with serologic testing for the diagnosis of celiac disease (CD) …

During the last decade significant changes have occurred in our concepts of celiac disease.
As a result of the implementation of sensitive and specific serologic tests, the epidemiology …

OBJECTIVE: More than 95% of celiac patients share the major histocompatibility complex II
class human leukocyte antigen (HLA) DQ2 or DQ8 haplotype; patients negative for both …

Some patients with undiagnosed celiac disease have minor mucosal lesions that may not be
apparent during routine histological analysis. Twenty-five such patients of our institution …

Few controversies in the discipline of pediatric gastroenterology are viewed with less
emotion than the selection of the best serologic screening test for celiac disease. The current …