Implications of mass screening for childhood celiac disease

Screening for celiac disease.

DANS CE NUMÉRO, le Dr Ernest G. Seidman et des collègues présentent un compte rendu sur une étude de dépistage de l’anticorps de l’antigliadine sérique pour détecter la maladie coeliaque chez les enfants. Dans cet éditorial, les auteurs soutiennent que la mise en service de tels tests constitue un progrès important, étant donné surtout que l’on est très loin de diagnostiquer suffisamment la mal...

Probiotics in Childhood Celiac Disease

Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune enteropathy induced by gluten ingestion in genetically susceptible individuals. Genetic predisposition plays an important role in the development of CD, but it is not sufficient by itself for the disease development. Although gluten proteins are the main environmental factor involved in CD pathogen‐ esis and ingestion of gluten is necessary to manifest the d...

Celiac Disease, Gluten-Free Diet, and Bone Mass Density

Background: Celiac disease (CD), as an autoimmune disease has initiated since ingestion of food containing gluten. Constant intolerance to gluten causes damages of the small intestinal mucosa. One reason of mal-absorption in children and infants is CD. Additionally, about 75% of newly identified patients with CD have low bone mineral density (BMD). Many factors have role in metabolic bone disea...

Screening for celiac disease in Danish adults

OBJECTIVE The prevalence of celiac disease (CD) as recorded in the Danish National Patient Registry is ∼50/100,000 persons. This is much lower than the reported prevalence of CD in other Nordic countries and underdiagnosis is suspected. Our aim was to estimate the prevalence of CD in a population-based study of Danish adults. METHODS A total of 2297 adults aged 24-76 years living in the south...

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