Prevalence of Celiac Disease in At-Risk and Not-At-Risk Groups in the United States

Fasano, Alessio; Berti, Irene; Gerarduzzi, T.; Not, Tarcisio; B. Colletti, Richard; Drago, Sandro; Elitsur, Yoram; H.R. Green, Peter; Guandalini, Stefano; D. Hill, Ivor; Pietzak, Michelle; Ventura, Alessandro; Thorpe, Mary; Kryszak, D.; Fornaroli, Fabiola; S. Wasserman, Steven; A. Murray, Joseph; Horváth, Károly

doi:10.1001/archinte.163.3.286

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Prevalence of Celiac Disease in At-Risk and Not-At-Risk Groups in the United States

Published in Archives of Internal Medicine • Feb 10, 2003

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Alessio Fasano

Irene Berti

T. Gerarduzzi

Abstract

Background Celiac disease (CD) is an immune-mediated enteropathic condition triggered in genetically susceptible individuals by the ingestion of gluten. Although common in Europe, CD is thought to be rare in the United States, where there are no large epidemiologic studies of its prevalence. The aim...

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Medicine

First-degree relatives

Disease

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