Validation of Antibody-based Strategies for Diagnosis of Pediatric Celiac Disease Without Biopsy

A diagnosis of celiac disease is made based on clinical, genetic, serologic, and duodenal morphology features. Recent pediatric guidelines, based largely on retrospective data, propose omitting biopsy analysis for patients with concentrations of immunoglobulin A against tissue transglutaminase (IgA-TTG) more than 10-fold the upper limit of normal (ULN) and if further criteria are met. A retrospective study concluded that measurements of IgA-TTG and total IgA, or IgA-TTG and IgG against deamidated gliadin (IgG-DGL) could identify patients with and without celiac disease.

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