The aim of our study is to evaluate if in children with highly positive serology and HLA-DQ2/DQ8 (triple test, TT) and only extra-intestinal symptoms, it is possible to omit performing an intestinal biopsy for celiac disease (CD) diagnosis, as suggested by the new European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition ESPGHAN guidelines.
Omitting duodenal biopsy in children with suspected celiac disease and extra-intestinal symptoms / Bozzola, Mauro; Meazza, Cristina; Gertosio, Chiara; Pagani, Sara; Larizza, Daniela; Calcaterra, Valeria; Luinetti, Ombretta; Farello, Giovanni; Tinelli, Carmine; Iughetti, Lorenzo. - In: THE ITALIAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS. - ISSN 1824-7288. - 43:1(2017), pp. 59-64. [10.1186/s13052-017-0377-5]
Omitting duodenal biopsy in children with suspected celiac disease and extra-intestinal symptoms
IUGHETTI, Lorenzo
2017
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The aim of our study is to evaluate if in children with highly positive serology and HLA-DQ2/DQ8 (triple test, TT) and only extra-intestinal symptoms, it is possible to omit performing an intestinal biopsy for celiac disease (CD) diagnosis, as suggested by the new European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition ESPGHAN guidelines.
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