WGO Graded Evidence: Malabsorption

Level: Meta-analyses, Systematic reviews, Practice guidelines: 75 Abstracts

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	Causes and management of intestinal failure in children. O Goulet, F Ruemmele, Gastroenterology. 2006 Feb:S16-28
	Natural variation in toxicity of wheat: potential for selection of nontoxic varieties for celiac disease patients. L Spaenij-Dekking, Y Kooy-Winkelaar, P van Veelen, JW Drijfhout, H Jonker, L van Soest, MJ Smulders, D Bosch, LJ Gilissen, F Koning, Gastroenterology. 2005 Sep:797-806
	A genetic test which can be used to diagnose adult-type hypolactasia in children. H Rasinperæ, E Savilahti, NS Enattah, M Kuokkanen, N T&oeig;tterman, H Lindahl, I Jærvelæ, KL Kolho, Gut. 2004 Nov:1571-6
	Antagonists and non-toxic variants of the dominant wheat gliadin T cell epitope in coeliac disease. RP Anderson, DA van Heel, JA Tye-Din, DP Jewell, AV Hill, Gut. 2006 Apr:485-91
	Celiac disease with mild to moderate histologic changes is a common cause of chronic diarrhea in Indian children. S Bhatnagar, SD Gupta, M Mathur, AD Phillips, R Kumar, S Knutton, DJ Unsworth, J Unsworth, RJ Lock, B Lock, UC Natchu, S Mukhopadhyaya, S Saini, MK Bhan, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2005 Aug:204-9
	Coeliac disease and the risk of fractures - a general population-based cohort study. JF Ludvigsson, K Michaelsson, A Ekbom, SM Montgomery, Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2007 Feb 1:273-85
	Concordance, disease progression, and heritability of coeliac disease in Italian twins. L Nisticò, C Fagnani, I Coto, S Percopo, R Cotichini, MG Limongelli, F Paparo, S D'Alfonso, M Giordano, C Sferlazzas, G Magazzù, P Momigliano-Richiardi, L Greco, MA Stazi, Gut. 2006 Jun:803-8
	Detection of Celiac disease in primary care: a multicenter case-finding study in North America. C Catassi, D Kryszak, O Louis-Jacques, DR Duerksen, I Hill, SE Crowe, AR Brown, NJ Procaccini, BA Wonderly, P Hartley, J Moreci, N Bennett, K Horvath, M Burk, A Fasano, Am J Gastroenterol. 2007 Jul:1454-60
	Determinants of endomysial antibody status in untreated coeliac disease. CP Boger, PW Thomas, DS Nicholas, SL Surgenor, JA Snook, Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007 Oct:890-5
	Etiology and initial management of short bowel syndrome. AL Buchman, Gastroenterology. 2006 Feb:S5-S15
	Guidelines for management of patients with a short bowel. J Nightingale, JM Woodward, Small Bowel and Nutrition Committee of the British Society of Gastroenterology, Gut. 2006 Aug:iv1-12
	Gut adaptation and the glucagon-like peptides. DJ Drucker, Gut. 2002 Mar:428-35
	High prevalence of celiac disease in patients with lactose intolerance. V Ojetti, G Nucera, A Migneco, M Gabrielli, C Lauritano, S Danese, MA Zocco, EC Nista, G Cammarota, A De Lorenzo, G Gasbarrini, A Gasbarrini, Digestion. 2005:106-10
	Home parenteral nutrition: survival, cost, and quality of life. L Howard, Gastroenterology. 2006 Feb:S52-9
	Intestinal T cell responses to cereal proteins in celiac disease. C Kilmartin, H Wieser, M Abuzakouk, J Kelly, J Jackson, C Feighery, Dig Dis Sci. 2006 Jan:202-9
	Is exocrine pancreatic insufficiency in adult coeliac disease a cause of persisting symptoms? JS Leeds, AD Hopper, DP Hurlstone, SJ Edwards, ME McAlindon, AJ Lobo, MT Donnelly, S Morley, DS Sanders, Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2007 Feb 1:265-71
	Long-term mortality in people with celiac disease diagnosed in childhood compared with adulthood: a population-based cohort study. M Solaymani-Dodaran, J West, RF Logan, Am J Gastroenterol. 2007 Apr:864-70
	Screening detected celiac disease in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus: effect on the clinical course (a case control study). B Rami, Z Sumnik, E Schober, T Waldh&oeig;r, T Battelino, N Bratanic, K Kurti, J Lebl, C Limbert, L Madacsy, RJ Odink, M Paskova, G Soltesz, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2005 Sep:317-21
	Screening for celiac disease in family members: is follow-up testing necessary? D Goldberg, D Kryszak, A Fasano, PH Green, Dig Dis Sci. 2007 Apr:1082-6
	Short bowel syndrome: parenteral nutrition versus intestinal transplantation. Where are we today? M DeLegge, MM Alsolaiman, E Barbour, S Bassas, MF Siddiqi, NM Moore, Dig Dis Sci. 2007 Apr:876-92
	Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth: roles of antibiotics, prebiotics, and probiotics. EM Quigley, R Quera, Gastroenterology. 2006 Feb:S78-90
	Teduglutide (ALX-0600), a dipeptidyl peptidase IV resistant glucagon-like peptide 2 analogue, improves intestinal function in short bowel syndrome patients. PB Jeppesen, EL Sanguinetti, A Buchman, L Howard, JS Scolapio, TR Ziegler, J Gregory, KA Tappenden, J Holst, PB Mortensen, Gut. 2005 Sep:1224-31
	Undiagnosed silent coeliac disease: a risk for underachievement? MA Verkasalo, OT Raitakari, J Viikari, J Marniemi, E Savilahti, Scand J Gastroenterol. 2005 Dec:1407-12
	Unexpected role of surface transglutaminase type II in celiac disease. L Maiuri, C Ciacci, I Ricciardelli, L Vacca, V Raia, A Rispo, M Griffin, T Issekutz, S Quaratino, M Londei, Gastroenterology. 2005 Nov:1400-13
	Where are all those patients with Celiac disease? PH Green, Am J Gastroenterol. 2007 Jul:1461-3
	A highly accurate method for monitoring histological recovery in patients with celiac disease on a gluten-free diet using an endoscopic approach that avoids the need for biopsy: a double-center study. G Cammarota, L Cuoco, P Cesaro, L Santoro, A Cazzato, M Montalto, R La Mura, LM Larocca, FM Vecchio, A Gasbarrini, M Salvagnini, G Gasbarrini, Endoscopy. 2007 Jan:46-51
	Anti-tissue transglutaminase antibodies in patients with abnormal liver tests: is it always coeliac disease? O Lo Iacono, S Petta, G Venezia, V Di Marco, G Tarantino, F Barbaria, C Mineo, S De Lisi, PL Almasio, A Craxì, Am J Gastroenterol. 2005 Nov:2472-7
	Applicability of short hydrogen breath test for screening of lactose malabsorption. F Casellas, JR Malagelada, Dig Dis Sci. 2003 Jul:1333-8
	Autoantibodies against soluble and immobilized human recombinant tissue transglutaminase in children with celiac disease. D Agardh, I Dahlbom, T Daniels, E L&oeig;rinc, SA Ivarsson, A Lernmark, T Hansson, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2005 Sep:322-7
	Avenins from different cultivars of oats elicit response by coeliac peripheral lymphocytes. M Silano, R Di Benedetto, F Maialetti, A De Vincenzi, R Calcaterra, HJ Cornell, M De Vincenzi, Scand J Gastroenterol. 2007 Nov:1302-5
	Capsule endoscopy changes patient management in routine clinical practice. R Sidhu, DS Sanders, K Kapur, DP Hurlstone, ME McAlindon, Dig Dis Sci. 2007 May:1382-6
	Coeliac disease case finding and diet monitoring by point-of-care testing. IR Korponay-Szabó, T Raivio, K Laurila, J Opre, R Király, JB Kovács, K Kaukinen, L Fésus, M Mæki, Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2005 Oct 15:729-37
	Deficient UDP-glucuronosyltransferase detoxification enzyme activity in the small intestinal mucosa of patients with coeliac disease. M Goerres, HM Roelofs, JB Jansen, WH Peters, Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2006 Jan 15:243-6
	Detection of secretory IgA antibodies against gliadin and human tissue transglutaminase in stool to screen for coeliac disease in children: validation study. M Kappler, S Krauss-Etschmann, V Diehl, H Zeilhofer, S Koletzko, BMJ. 2006 Jan 28:213-4
	Duodenal cytotoxic lymphocytes in cow's milk protein sensitive enteropathy and coeliac disease. MT Augustin, J Kokkonen, TJ Karttunen, Scand J Gastroenterol. 2005 Dec:1398-406
	Effect of nonabsorbed amounts of a fructose-sorbitol mixture on small intestinal transit in healthy volunteers. JL Madsen, J Linnet, JJ Rumessen, Dig Dis Sci. 2006 Jan:147-53
	Gut microflora associated characteristics in children with celiac disease. B Tjellstr&oeig;m, L Stenhammar, L H&oeig;gberg, K Fælth-Magnusson, KE Magnusson, T Midtvedt, T Sundqvist, E Norin, Am J Gastroenterol. 2005 Dec:2784-8
	High prevalence of celiac disease among patients affected by Crohn's disease. A Tursi, GM Giorgetti, G Brandimarte, W Elisei, Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2005 Jul:662-6
	How good is zoom endoscopy for assessment of villous atrophy in coeliac disease? R Badreldin, P Barrett, DA Wooff, J Mansfield, Y Yiannakou, Endoscopy. 2005 Oct:994-8
	In vitro tests indicate that certain varieties of oats may be harmful to patients with coeliac disease. M Silano, M Dessì, M De Vincenzi, H Cornell, J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007 Apr:528-31
	Intestinal permeability and antigliadin antibody test for monitoring adult patients with celiac disease. EG Vilela, Mde L de Abreu Ferrari, HO de Gama Torres, FP Martins, EM Goulart, AS Lima, AS da Cunha, Dig Dis Sci. 2007 May:1304-9
	Introducing genetic testing for adult-type hypolactasia. C Buning, J Genschel, J Jurga, T Fiedler, W Voderholzer, EM Fiedler, M Worm, R Weltrich, H Lochs, H Schmidt, J Ockenga, Digestion. 2005:245-50
	Metalloelastase (MMP-12) is upregulated in the gut of pediatric patients with potential celiac disease and in type 1 diabetes. V Bister, KL Kolho, R Karikoski, M Westerholm-Ormio, E Savilahti, U Saarialho-Kere, Scand J Gastroenterol. 2005 Dec:1413-22
	No observed local immunological response at cell level after five years of oats in adult coeliac disease. T Kemppainen, E Janatuinen, K Holm, VM Kosma, M Heikkinen, M Mæki, K Laurila, M Uusitupa, R Julkunen, Scand J Gastroenterol. 2007 Jan:54-9
	Parenteral nutrition: transient or permanent therapy in intestinal failure? TR Ziegler, LM Leader, Gastroenterology. 2006 Feb:S37-42
	Peripheral neurological disturbances, autonomic dysfunction, and antineuronal antibodies in adult celiac disease before and after a gluten-free diet. A Tursi, GM Giorgetti, C Iani, F Arciprete, G Brandimarte, A Capria, L Fontana, Dig Dis Sci. 2006 Oct:1869-74
	Population screening for celiac disease: follow up of patients identified by positive serology. R Shamir, V Yehezkely-Schildkraut, C Hartman, R Eliakim, J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007 Apr:532-5
	Predictors of reduced health-related quality of life in adults with coeliac disease. W Hæuser, A Stallmach, WF Caspary, J Stein, Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2007 Mar 1:569-78
	Reduced chemokine receptor 9 on intraepithelial lymphocytes in celiac disease suggests persistent epithelial activation. RW Olaussen, MR Karlsson, KE Lundin, J Jahnsen, P Brandtzaeg, IN Farstad, Gastroenterology. 2007 Jun:2371-82
	Review article: fructose malabsorption and the bigger picture. PR Gibson, E Newnham, JS Barrett, SJ Shepherd, JG Muir, Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2007 Feb 15:349-63
	Risk of celiac disease autoimmunity and timing of gluten introduction in the diet of infants at increased risk of disease. S Guandalini, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2005 Sep:366-7
	Risk of schizophrenia in people with coeliac disease, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease: a general population-based study. J West, RF Logan, RB Hubbard, TR Card, Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2006 Jan 1:71-4
	T cells in peripheral blood after gluten challenge in coeliac disease. RP Anderson, DA van Heel, JA Tye-Din, M Barnardo, M Salio, DP Jewell, AV Hill, Gut. 2005 Sep:1217-23
	The Canadian Celiac Health Survey. A Cranney, M Zarkadas, ID Graham, JD Butzner, M Rashid, R Warren, M Molloy, S Case, V Burrows, C Switzer, Dig Dis Sci. 2007 Apr:1087-95
	The value of double-balloon enteroscopy in patients with refractory celiac disease. M Hadithi, A Al-toma, J Oudejans, AA van Bodegraven, CJ Mulder, M Jacobs, Am J Gastroenterol. 2007 May:987-96
Supplementary evidence:
	American Gastroenterological Association medical position statement: short bowel syndrome and intestinal transplantation. American Gastroenterological Association, Gastroenterology. 2003 Apr:1105-10
	Bone resorption is decreased postprandially by intestinal factors and glucagon-like peptide-2 is a possible candidate. JJ Holst, B Hartmann, IB Gottschalck, PB Jeppesen, J Miholic, DB Henriksen, Scand J Gastroenterol. 2007 Jul:814-20
	Celiac disease: Working Group Report of the First World Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition. ID Hill, S Bhatnagar, DJ Cameron, S De Rosa, M Maki, GJ Russell, R Troncone, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2002:S78-88
	Chronic diarrhea and malabsorption (including short gut syndrome): Working Group Report of the First World Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition. J Walker-Smith, J Barnard, Z Bhutta, J Heubi, Z Reeves, J Schmitz, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2002:S98-105
	Consumption of gluten-free products: should the threshold value for trace amounts of gluten be at 20, 100 or 200 p.p.m.? A Gibert, M Espadaler, M Angel Canela, A Sánchez, C Vaqué, M Rafecas, Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2006 Nov:1187-95
	Dietary guidelines and implementation for celiac disease. C Kupper, Gastroenterology. 2005 Apr:S121-7
	Eosinophilic oesophagitis and coeliac disease: is there an association? L Quaglietta, P Coccorullo, E Miele, F Pascarella, R Troncone, A Staiano, Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2007 Aug 1:487-93
	Gliadin, glutenin or both? The search for the Holy Grail in coeliac disease. PD Howdle, Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2006 Jul:703-6
	Guideline for diagnosis of celiac disease. A Quisel, JM Gill, D Westerberg, Del Med J. 2002 May:229-41
	Guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of celiac disease in children: recommendations of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. ID Hill, MH Dirks, GS Liptak, RB Colletti, A Fasano, S Guandalini, EJ Hoffenberg, K Horvath, JA Murray, M Pivor, EG Seidman, North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2005 Jan:1-19
	Health-related quality of life in adult coeliac disease in Germany: results of a national survey. W Hæuser, J Gold, J Stein, WF Caspary, A Stallmach, Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2006 Jul:747-54
	Iron deficiency anaemia: are the British Society of Gastroenterology guidelines being adhered to? RN Patterson, SD Johnston, Postgrad Med J. 2003 Apr:226-8
	Meta and pooled analysis of European coeliac disease data. MC Babron, S Nilsson, S Adamovic, AT Naluai, J Wahlstr&oeig;m, H Ascher, PJ Ciclitira, LM Sollid, J Partanen, L Greco, F Clerget-Darpoux, European Genetics Cluster on Coeliac Disease, Eur J Hum Genet. 2003 Nov:828-34
	National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference Statement on Celiac Disease, June 28-30, 2004. [No Authors Listed], Gastroenterology. 2005 Apr:S1-9
	Nutritional management of the gluten-free diet in young people with celiac disease in The Netherlands. EG Hopman, S le Cessie, BM von Blomberg, ML Mearin, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2006 Jul:102-8
	Overweight in celiac disease: prevalence, clinical characteristics, and effect of a gluten-free diet. W Dickey, N Kearney, Am J Gastroenterol. 2006 Oct:2356-9
	Systematic review: the liver in coeliac disease. JM Duggan, AE Duggan, Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2005 Mar 1:515-8
	The diagnostic accuracy of serologic tests for celiac disease: a systematic review. A Rostom, C Dubé, A Cranney, N Saloojee, R Sy, C Garritty, M Sampson, L Zhang, F Yazdi, V Mamaladze, I Pan, J MacNeil, D Mack, D Patel, D Moher, Gastroenterology. 2005 Apr:S38-46
	The Pediatric Association recommends: Oats can be implemented in the gluten-free diet L Stenhammar, L H&oeig;gberg, R Saalman, Lakartidningen. 2004 Apr 29:1610-1
	The prevalence of celiac disease in average-risk and at-risk Western European populations: a systematic review. C Dubé, A Rostom, R Sy, A Cranney, N Saloojee, C Garritty, M Sampson, L Zhang, F Yazdi, V Mamaladze, I Pan, J Macneil, D Mack, D Patel, D Moher, Gastroenterology. 2005 Apr:S57-67