coeliac disease: changing diagnostic criteria?

Coeliac disease: changing diagnostic criteria?

1 Coeliac disease (CD) is a chronic, multisystemic, autoimmune disorder, induced by gluten exposure, in genetically sensitive individuals (1-3). Its clinical presentation is extremely various, and changes considerably from full-blown malabsorption syndrome, seen in the classic childhood-onset disease, to subtle and atypical symptomatology, especially in the lateonset forms. The prevalence of CD...

The changing clinical presentation of coeliac disease.

BACKGROUND There has been a growing recognition that coeliac disease is much more common than previously recognised, and this has coincided with the increasingly widespread use of serological testing. AIM To determine whether the age at presentation and the clinical presentation of coeliac disease have changed with the advent of serological testing. METHODS A 21-year review of prospectively...

Management of coeliac disease: a changing diagnostic approach but what value in follow up?

OBJECTIVE To assess the management of patients with coeliac disease in relation to a change in diagnostic method from jejunal suction biopsy to endoscopic biopsy. DESIGN 16 item questionnaire survey of consultant members of the British Society of Gastroenterology. SUBJECTS 359 consultant physician and gastroenterologist members of the society. MAIN MEASURES Type of routine biopsy; repeat ...

Diagnostic criteria for Menière's disease.

This paper presents diagnostic criteria for Menière's disease jointly formulated by the Classification Committee of the Bárány Society, The Japan Society for Equilibrium Research, the European Academy of Otology and Neurotology (EAONO), the Equilibrium Committee of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) and the Korean Balance Society. The classification includes ...

Von Willebrand's disease--diagnostic criteria.

Changing patterns of coeliac disease frequency: an analysis of Coeliac Society membership records.

Examination of Coeliac Society records from eight areas of England has shown that the number of members rose with birth dates from 1900 to 1972, apart from a decline between 1941 to 1962, and then fell steeply. The steep decline in the number of members with birth dates after 1972 is unexplained, and is unlikely to be accounted for by change in diagnostic practice or registration and may reflec...