Subclinical coeliac disease in schoolchildren from northern Sardinia

A National Prospective Study on Childhood Celiac Disease in the Netherlands 1993–2000: An Increasing Recognition and a Changing Clinical Picture

“…This suggests an increase in the recognition of milder histologic alterations by the Dutch physicians as part of the spectrum of CD, as introduced by Marsh 9 in 1992. However, even if the recognition of childhood CD has significantly increased in the Netherlands in recent years, population screening studies in our country 3,4 and in other countries [10][11][12][13][14] have shown frequencies of unrecognized CD of 1:300 to 1:100. There is a great difference between the frequency of clinically detected CD and that found after screening.…”

Prevalence of celiac disease in a cohort of women with unexplained infertility

“…It may be that there is no strong association between CD and infertility, and these prior studies have succumbed to a type I error, attributing a difference when one did not truly exist. Alternatively, because there is a genetic component to CD, as demonstrated by the high rate of this disease in certain ethnic groups (15) or in family members (7,16), the rate of CD may be lower in Northern California due to its heterogeneous ethnic mix.…”

Studies of Mucosal Immune Regulation in Celiac Disease and Type 1 Diabetes

“…Girls seem generally to be Th1 deviated, in contrast to boys which seem to be more Th2 deviated [155,156]. In many affected individuals CD remains undiagnosed, but the rate of diagnosis is increasing due to the frequent screening for the disease [142,143,[157][158][159][160][161][162][163]. Thus, screening studies are an important tool for detection of asymptomatic CD, which confers reduced risks for long term complications.…”