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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Screening with [[tissue transglutaminase]] (tTG) IgA test is recommended for symptomatic high risk patients. | Screening with [[tissue transglutaminase]] (tTG) IgA test is recommended for symptomatic high risk celiac disease patients. | ||
==Screening== | ==Screening== | ||
*Screening in asymptomatic persons is not recommended.<ref name="pmid28350935">{{cite journal |vauthors=Chou R, Bougatsos C, Blazina I, Mackey K, Grusing S, Selph S |title=Screening for Celiac Disease: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force |journal=JAMA |volume=317 |issue=12 |pages=1258–1268 |year=2017 |pmid=28350935 |doi=10.1001/jama.2016.10395 |url=}}</ref> | *Screening in asymptomatic persons is not recommended.<ref name="pmid28350935">{{cite journal |vauthors=Chou R, Bougatsos C, Blazina I, Mackey K, Grusing S, Selph S |title=Screening for Celiac Disease: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force |journal=JAMA |volume=317 |issue=12 |pages=1258–1268 |year=2017 |pmid=28350935 |doi=10.1001/jama.2016.10395 |url=}}</ref> | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Seyedmahdi Pahlavani, M.D. [2]
Overview
Screening with tissue transglutaminase (tTG) IgA test is recommended for symptomatic high risk celiac disease patients.
Screening
- Screening in asymptomatic persons is not recommended.[1]
- Screening is recommended for symptomatic and high risk patients with positive family history in first and second degree relatives also in patients with other autoimmune diseases such as, type 1 diabetes mellitus, inflammatory luminal gastrointestinal disorders, Down syndrome, Turner syndrome, IgA deficiency, and IgA nephropathy.[1]
- Screening method for celiac disease is tissue transglutaminase (tTG) IgA test.