Celiac disease in the Mediterranean area

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Tucci F., Astarita L., Abkari A., Abu-Zekry M., Attard T., Ben Hariz M., ...More

BMC GASTROENTEROLOGY, vol.14, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 14
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.1186/1471-230x-14-24
  • Journal Name: BMC GASTROENTEROLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Keywords: Mediterranean area, Celiac disease, World gastroenterology organization, ESPGHAN guidelines, PREVALENCE, DIAGNOSIS, GASTROENTEROLOGY, GUIDELINES, CRITERIA, NEED
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: The World Gastroenterology Organization recommends developing national guidelines for the diagnosis of Celiac Disease (CD): hence a profile of the diagnosis of CD in each country is required. We aim to describe a cross-sectional picture of the clinical features and diagnostic facilities in 16 countries of the Mediterranean basin. Since a new ESPGHAN diagnostic protocol was recently published, our secondary aim is to estimate how many cases in the same area could be identified without a small intestinal biopsy.