Community-based Study of Celiac Disease Autoimmunity Progression in Adults

Celiac disease can develop at any age, but outcomes of adults with positive results from serologic tests for tissue transglutaminase antibodies (tTGA) without endoscopic determination of celiac disease (called celiac autoimmunity) have not been thoroughly evaluated. We investigated the proportion of adults with celiac autoimmunity at a community medical center and their progression to celiac disease.

Source: Gastroenterology - September 23, 2019 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Rok Seon Choung, Shahryar Khaleghi, Amanda K. Cartee, Eric V. Marietta, Joseph J. Larson, Katherine S. King, Otto Savolainen, Alastair B. Ross, S. Vincent Rajkumar, Michael J. Camilleri, Alberto Rubio-Tapia, Joseph.A. Murray Source Type: research