Compliance with gluten-free diet in adolescents with screening-detected celiac disease: A 5-year follow-up study

After 5 years of treatment, 22 patients with celiac disease, diagnosed by means of serologic mass screening (mean age, 17.9 years), showed a lower compliance with a gluten-free diet and frequent positivity of serum anti-en-domysium antibodies (32%) in comparison with a group of 22 age-matched patien...

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Published in:The Journal of pediatrics 2000-06, Vol.136 (6), p.841-843
Main Authors: Fabiani, Elisabetta, Taccari, Luciana Maria, Rätsch, Ilse-Maria, Di Giuseppe, Silvia, Valentino Coppa, Giovanni, Catassi, Carlo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Biological and medical sciences
Celiac Disease - diagnosis
Celiac Disease - diet therapy
Celiac Disease - psychology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen
Glutens
Humans
Male
Mass Screening
Medical sciences
Other diseases. Semiology
Patient Compliance
Stomach. Duodenum. Small intestine. Colon. Rectum. Anus
Time Factors
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Summary:After 5 years of treatment, 22 patients with celiac disease, diagnosed by means of serologic mass screening (mean age, 17.9 years), showed a lower compliance with a gluten-free diet and frequent positivity of serum anti-en-domysium antibodies (32%) in comparison with a group of 22 age-matched patients diagnosed because of “typical” symptoms during childhood.
ISSN:0022-3476
1097-6833
DOI:10.1016/S0022-3476(00)35904-2