Clinics of coeliac disease in children in the 2000s
Objective: To describe the clinical picture of patients with coeliac disease (CD) and the change in its presentation over the past decades.Study design: Patients with CD were identified and clinical data collected from hospital records over a 6-year period (2000[ndash]2005).Results: Altogether 197 patients aged 0.6[ndash]15.9 (mean 7.2) years were identified. They were found amongst the child population served by the hospital, the mean number of children at age 0.5[ndash]16 years was 268 000 during 2000[ndash]2005. The presenting symptom amongst the youngest patients ( (Source: Acta Paediatrica)MedWorm Sponsor Message: Find a vast selection of gluten free food and GF cookbooks at the Sensible Celiac.
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