Screening test for coeliac disease.

Screening test for coeliac disease.

Ose, L., and Fluge, G. (1974). The D-xylose tolerance test as screening test for malabsorption disorders in infancy and and childhood. Tidsskrift for Den Norske Legeforening, 94, 1192. Rolles, C. J., Anderson, C. M., and McNeish, A. S. (1975). Confirming persistence of gluten intolerance in children diagnosed as having coeliac disease in infancy: usefulness of one-hour blood xylose test. Archiv...

Food antibodies in serum--a screening test for coeliac disease.

Carswell, F., and Ferguson, A. (1972). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 47, 594. Food antibodies in serum-a screening test for coeliac disease. Food antibody tests were performed on the sera of 52 children undergoing investigation for suspected coeliac disease. 30 of these were subsequently shown to have coeliac disease. The food antibody tests were at least as effective a screening test for c...

A test for coeliac disease.

The relationship between wheat flour in the diet and the development of symptoms in children with coeliac disease observed by Dicke (1950) has been established. Subsequent investigations indicated that the injurious factor occurs principally in the gliadin ifraction (van de Kamer, Weijers and Dicke, 1953). Weijers and van de Kamer (1955) used gliadin in a method of testing wheat sensitivity hop...

Screening for coeliac disease among Egyptian children

INTRODUCTION To screen for coeliac disease in Egyptian children with non-endocrinal short stature, refractory iron deficiency anaemia and type 1 diabetes. Also, to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of different serological tests for diagnosis of coeliac disease (CD). MATERIAL AND METHODS The study included 292 patients with clinical risk of CD. Testing for coeliac antibodies was perfor...

Osteoporosis and liver disease: additional reasons for coeliac disease screening.