Background: Clinical algorithms for the workup of celiac disease often recommend the use of serologic assays for initial screening, followed by duodenal biopsy for histologic confirmation.

Individuals with positive serology are referred for small-bowel biopsy. The specific ... However, most will have duodenal mucosal damage and elevated celiac antibodies. As with classical CD ...

In Northern Poland, celiac disease was present in 5.7% of ... with four to five specimens being taken from the second portion of the duodenum. All biopsy specimens were blindly evaluated by ...

The prevalence of biopsy-proven celiac disease in individuals with IBS is more than fourfold that in people without IBS, report Alexander Ford and colleagues. Symptoms of IBS and celiac disease ...