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SUBMITTER: Laserna-Mendieta EJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7824460 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Laserna-Mendieta Emilio J EJ Casanova María José MJ Arias Ángel Á Arias-González Laura L Majano Pedro P Mate Luis Alberto LA Gordillo-Vélez Carlos Humberto CH Jiménez Mirella M Angueira Teresa T Tébar-Romero Emilia E Carrillo-Ramos María Jesús MJ Tejero-Bustos María Ángeles MÁ Gisbert Javier P JP Santander Cecilio C Lucendo Alfredo J AJ
Nutrients 20201230 1
A lifelong gluten-free diet (GFD) is the only current treatment for celiac disease (CD), but strict compliance is complicated. Duodenal biopsies are the "gold standard" method for diagnosing CD, but they are not generally recommended for disease monitoring. We evaluated the sensitivity and specificity of fecal gluten immunogenic peptides (GIPs) to detect duodenal lesions in CD patients on a GFD and compared them with serum anti-tissue transglutaminase (tTG) IgA antibodies. A prospective study wa ...[more]