Serological screening for coeliac disease in adults with Turner's syndrome: prevalence and clinical significance of endomysium antibody positivity.

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence of coeliac disease (CD) in an adult population with Turner's syndrome (TS). Design A clinic population with TS was screened using a serological test for CD. METHODS: Two hundred and fifty six patients with TS were included in the study. Five patients had existing diagnoses of CD. The remaining 251 asymptomatic patients were screened using an IgA endomysium antibody (EMA)...

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