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aklap

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Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 9:42 pm Post subject: CD in developing Countries [2007]

Celiac disease in the developing countries: A new and challenging public health problem. April 2007

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17465493

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1: World J Gastroenterol. 2007 Apr 21;13(15):2153-9. Links

Cataldo F, Montalto G.
Pediatric Clinic-Aiuto Materno Hospital, Via Lancia di Brolo 10/B, 90135 Palermo, Italy. cescocat@freemail.it.
In the past, celiac disease was believed to be a chronic enteropathy, almost exclusively affecting people of European origin. The availability of new, simple, very sensitive and specific serological tests (anti-gliadin, anti-endomysium and anti-transglutaminase antibody assays) have shown that celiac disease is common not only in Europe and in people of European ancestry but also in the developing countries where the major staple diet is wheat (Southern Asia, the Middle East, North West and East Africa, South America), both in the general population and in the groups at risk. Gluten intolerance thus appears to be a widespread public health problem and an increased level of awareness and clinical suspicion are needed in the New World where physicians must learn to recognize the variable clinical presentations (classical, atypical and silent forms) of celiac disease. In the developing countries, both serological screening in the general population and serological testing in groups at risk are necessary for an early identification of celiac patients. The gluten-free diet poses a challenging public health problem in the developing countries, especially since commercial gluten-free products are not available.

PMID: 17465493 [PubMed - in process]

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