Celiac Disease in Adult Patients : Specific Autoantibodies in the Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Screening
Joint Authors
Mantzaris, Gerassimos
Papasteriades, Chryssa
Pipi, Elena
Trigoni, Evagelia
Tsirogianni, Alexandra
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-04-03
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The increasing prevalence of celiac disease (CD), especially in adults, its atypical clinical presentation, and the strict, lifelong adherence to gluten-free diet (GFD) as the only option for healthy state create an imperative need for noninvasive methods that can effectively diagnose CD and monitor GFD.
Aim.
Evaluation of anti-endomysium (EmA) and anti-tissue transglutaminase IgA (tTG-A) antibodies in CD diagnosis, GFD monitoring, and first degree relatives screening in CD adult patients.
Methods.
70 newly diagnosed Greek adult patients, 70 controls, and 47 first degree relatives were tested for the presence of EmA and tTG-A.
The CD patients were monitored during a 3-year period.
Results.
EmA predictive ability for CD diagnosis was slightly better compared to tTG-A (P=0.043).
EmA could assess compliance with GFD already from the beginning of the diet, while both EmA and tTG-A had an equal ability to discriminate between strictly and partially compliant patients after the first semester and so on.
Screening of first degree relatives resulted in the identification of 2 undiagnosed CD cases.
Conclusions.
Both EmA and tTG-A are suitable markers in the CD diagnosis, in the screening of CD among first degree relatives, having also an equal performance in the long term monitoring.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Trigoni, Evagelia& Tsirogianni, Alexandra& Pipi, Elena& Mantzaris, Gerassimos& Papasteriades, Chryssa. 2014. Celiac Disease in Adult Patients : Specific Autoantibodies in the Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Screening. Autoimmune Diseases،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Trigoni, Evagelia…[et al.]. Celiac Disease in Adult Patients : Specific Autoantibodies in the Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Screening. Autoimmune Diseases No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Trigoni, Evagelia& Tsirogianni, Alexandra& Pipi, Elena& Mantzaris, Gerassimos& Papasteriades, Chryssa. Celiac Disease in Adult Patients : Specific Autoantibodies in the Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Screening. Autoimmune Diseases. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-485962
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-485962