Article
Coeliac disease: frequent occurrence after clinical onset of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Childhood Diabetes in Finland Study Group.
Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association - 1 May 1996
Saukkonen T, Savilahti E, Reijonen H, Ilonen J, Tuomilehto-Wolf E, Akerblom H K
Abstract excerpt
Coeliac disease was searched for in a series of 776 children with newly diagnosed IDDM. During the follow-up of 2 to 3 years from diagnosis, reticulin and gliadin antibodies were measured, and a jejunal biopsy was performed in those cases with high levels of antibodies; 19 children were identifie...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Autoantibodies
- Biopsy
- Celiac Disease
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Genotype
- Gliadin
- HLA-DQ Antigens