WGO Graded Evidence: Malabsorption

Level: Other Reading: 118 Abstracts

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	AGA Institute Medical Position Statement on the Diagnosis and Management of Celiac Disease. AGA Institute, Gastroenterology. 2006 Dec:1977-80
	American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute technical review on the diagnosis and management of celiac disease. A Rostom, JA Murray, MF Kagnoff, Gastroenterology. 2006 Dec:1981-2002
	Looking for celiac disease: diagnostic accuracy of two rapid commercial assays. G Nemec, A Ventura, M Stefano, G Di Leo, V Baldas, A Tommasini, F Ferrara, A Taddio, A Città, D Sblattero, R Marzari, T Not, Am J Gastroenterol. 2006 Jul:1597-600
	Recent advances in coeliac disease. DA van Heel, J West, Gut. 2006 Jul:1037-46
	Guidelines for management of home parenteral support in adult chronic intestinal failure patients. B Messing, F Joly, Gastroenterology. 2006 Feb:S43-51
	ICCE consensus for celiac disease. C Cellier, PH Green, P Collin, J Murray, ICCE, Endoscopy. 2005 Oct:1055-9
	Interaction between Helicobacter pylori infection and untreated coeliac disease on gastric histological pattern. L Santarelli, M Gabrielli, A Santoliquido, L Cuoco, A Cazzato, M Candelli, E Celestino Nista, A De Lorenzo, N Gentiloni Silveri, P Pola, G Gasbarrini, A Gasbarrini, Scand J Gastroenterol. 2006 May:532-5
	Intestinal transplantation for short bowel syndrome and gastrointestinal failure: current consensus, rewarding outcomes, and practical guidelines. KM Abu-Elmagd, Gastroenterology. 2006 Feb:S132-7
	Oats in the treatment of childhood coeliac disease: a 2-year controlled trial and a long-term clinical follow-up study. K Holm, M Mæki, N Vuolteenaho, K Mustalahti, M Ashorn, T Ruuska, K Kaukinen, Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2006 May 15:1463-72
	Prevalence of celiac disease: before and after a national change in feeding recommendations. A Carlsson, D Agardh, S Borulf, E Grodzinsky, I Axelsson, SA Ivarsson, Scand J Gastroenterol. 2006 May:553-8
	Systematic review: the use of serology to exclude or diagnose coeliac disease (a comparison of the endomysial and tissue transglutaminase antibody tests). NR Lewis, BB Scott, Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2006 Jul 1:47-54
	Decision analysis: an aid to the diagnosis of Whipple's disease. M Olmos, E Smecuol, E Mauriño, JC Bai, Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2006 Mar 15:833-40
	European multi-centre study on coeliac disease and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. ML Mearin, C Catassi, N Brousse, R Brand, P Collin, E Fabiani, JJ Schweizer, M Abuzakouk, H Szajewska, C Hallert, C Farré Masip, GK Holmes, Biomed Study Group on Coeliac Disease and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2006 Feb:187-94
	Gliadin, zonulin and gut permeability: Effects on celiac and non-celiac intestinal mucosa and intestinal cell lines. S Drago, R El Asmar, M Di Pierro, M Grazia Clemente, A Tripathi, A Sapone, M Thakar, G Iacono, A Carroccio, C D'Agate, T Not, L Zampini, C Catassi, A Fasano, Scand J Gastroenterol. 2006 Apr:408-19
	Low lactase activity in a small-bowel biopsy specimen: should dietary lactose intake be restricted in children with small intestinal mucosal damage? HA Koetse, RJ Vonk, GB Gonera-De Jong, MG Priebe, JM Antoine, F Stellaard, PJ Sauer, Scand J Gastroenterol. 2006 Jan:37-41
	The toxicity of high molecular weight glutenin subunits of wheat to patients with coeliac disease. DH Dewar, M Amato, HJ Ellis, EL Pollock, N Gonzalez-Cinca, H Wieser, PJ Ciclitira, Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2006 May:483-91
Supplementary evidence:
	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
	A milligram of gluten a day keeps the mucosal recovery away: a case report. F Biagi, J Campanella, S Martucci, D Pezzimenti, PJ Ciclitira, HJ Ellis, GR Corazza, Nutr Rev. 2004 Sep:360-3
	Absorbable vs. non-absorbable antibiotics in the treatment of small intestine bacterial overgrowth in patients with blind-loop syndrome. M Di Stefano, E Miceli, A Missanelli, S Mazzocchi, GR Corazza, Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2005 Apr 15:985-92
	Adult celiac disease and the severe "flat" small bowel biopsy lesion. HJ Freeman, Dig Dis Sci. 2004 Apr:535-45
	Allele and haplotype frequencies for HLA class II (DQA1 and DQB1) loci in patients with celiac disease from Spain. MC Vidales, P Zubillaga, I Zubillaga, MA Alfonso-Sánchez, Hum Immunol. 2004 Apr:352-8
	Anti-ganglioside antibodies in children with coeliac disease: correlation with gluten-free diet and neurological complications. C Briani, S Ruggero, G Zara, E Toffanin, M Ermani, C Betterle, G Guariso, Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2004 Jul 15:231-5
	Antiendomysial antibody detection in biopsy culture allows avoidance of gluten challenge in celiac children. M Bonamico, L Sabbatella, M Di Tola, S Vetrano, M Ferri, R Nenna, P Mariani, A Picarelli, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2005 Feb:165-9; discussion 122-4
	Assessment of phospholipid malabsorption by quantification of fecal phospholipid. A Chen, S Innis, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2004 Jul:85-91
	Association of celiac disease and intestinal lymphomas and other cancers. C Catassi, I Bearzi, GK Holmes, Gastroenterology. 2005 Apr:S79-86
	Association of primary sclerosing cholangitis and celiac disease: a case report and review of the literature. AM Al-Osaimi, CL Berg, Dig Dis Sci. 2004 Mar:438-43
	Can oats be taken in a gluten-free diet? A systematic review. K Garsed, BB Scott, Scand J Gastroenterol. 2007 Feb:171-8
	Celiac disease and inflammatory bowel disease in pregnancy. S De Carolis, A Botta, G Fatigante, S Garofalo, S Ferrazzani, A Gasbarrini, A Caruso, Lupus. 2004:653-8
	Celiac disease and the transition from childhood to adulthood: a 28-year follow-up. C O'Leary, P Wieneke, M Healy, C Cronin, P O'Regan, F Shanahan, Am J Gastroenterol. 2004 Dec:2437-41
	Celiac disease as a cause of growth retardation in childhood. C Catassi, A Fasano, Curr Opin Pediatr. 2004 Aug:445-9
	Celiac disease in adults: new aspects S Lepers, S Couignoux, JF Colombel, S Dubucquoi, Rev Med Interne. 2004 Jan:22-34
	Celiac disease in children with diarrhea is more frequent than previously suspected. F Imanzadeh, AA Sayyari, M Yaghoobi, MR Akbari, H Shafagh, AR Farsar, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2005 Mar:309-11
	Celiac disease in the Turkish population. R Elsurer, G Tatar, H Simsek, YH Balaban, M Aydinli, C Sokmensuer, Dig Dis Sci. 2005 Jan:136-42
	Celiac disease. T Rossi, Adolesc Med Clin. 2004 Feb:91-103, ix
	Celiac disease. CME update for family physicians. SM Devlin, CN Andrews, PL Beck, Can Fam Physician. 2004 May:719-25
	Celiac disease: mass screening or diagnosis in high risk populations? G Malamut, C Cellier, Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 2004 Oct:863-7
	Clinical and pathological features of 14 non-Hodgkin's lymphomas associated with coeliac disease. A Sonet, I Théate, M Delos, L Montfort, P Mineur, P Driesschaert, L Michaux, A Ferrant, A Bosly, Acta Clin Belg. 2004 May-Jun:143-51
	Clinical features and diagnosis of celiac disease. DH Dewar, PJ Ciclitira, Gastroenterology. 2005 Apr:S19-24
	Clinical presentation of celiac disease in the pediatric population. A Fasano, Gastroenterology. 2005 Apr:S68-73
	Coeliac children on a gluten-free diet with or without oats display equal anti-avenin antibody titres. E Hollén, K Holmgren Peterson, T Sundqvist, E Grodzinsky, L H&oeig;gberg, P Laurin, L Stenhammar, K Fælth-Magnusson, KE Magnusson, Scand J Gastroenterol. 2006 Jan:42-7
	Coeliac disease in The Netherlands. JJ Schweizer, BM von Blomberg, HB Bueno-de Mesquita, ML Mearin, Scand J Gastroenterol. 2004 Apr:359-64
	Coeliac disease is the most common cause of chronic diarrhoea in Iran. B Shahbazkhani, M Mohamadnejad, R Malekzadeh, MR Akbari, MM Esfahani, S Nasseri-Moghaddam, M Sotoudeh, A Elahyfar, Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2004 Jul:665-8
	Consequences of testing for celiac disease. A Cranney, A Rostom, R Sy, C Dubé, N Saloogee, C Garritty, D Moher, M Sampson, L Zhang, F Yazdi, V Mamaladze, I Pan, J MacNeil, Gastroenterology. 2005 Apr:S109-20
	Cysteinyl leukotrienes are secretagogues in atrophic coeliac and in normal duodenal mucosa of children. A Reims, S Redfors, H Sj&oeig;vall, B Strandvik, Scand J Gastroenterol. 2005 Feb:160-8
	Defining the contribution of the HLA region to cis DQ2-positive coeliac disease patients. MJ van Belzen, BP Koeleman, JB Crusius, JW Meijer, AF Bardoel, PL Pearson, LA Sandkuijl, RH Houwen, C Wijmenga, Genes Immun. 2004 May:215-20
	Diagnosis and treatment of levothyroxine pseudomalabsorption. DJ Lips, MT van Reisen, V Voigt, W Venekamp, Neth J Med. 2004 Apr:114-8
	Direct visualization of intestinal villi by high-resolution magnifying upper endoscopy: a validation study. G Cammarota, A Martino, GA Pirozzi, R Cianci, F Cremonini, G Zuccalà, L Cuoco, V Ojetti, M Montalto, FM Vecchio, A Gasbarrini, G Gasbarrini, Gastrointest Endosc. 2004 Nov:732-8
	Effect of a gluten-free diet on plasma nitric oxide products in coeliac disease. HL Spencer, I Daniels, J Shortland, RG Long, IA Murray, Scand J Gastroenterol. 2004 Oct:941-5
	Effect of gender on the manifestations of celiac disease: evidence for greater malabsorption in men. D Bai, P Brar, S Holleran, R Ramakrishnan, PH Green, Scand J Gastroenterol. 2005 Feb:183-7
	Enterocyte actin autoantibody detection: a new diagnostic tool in celiac disease diagnosis: results of a multicenter study. MG Clemente, MP Musu, R Troncone, U Volta, M Congia, C Ciacci, E Neri, T Not, G Maggiore, P Strisciuglio, GR Corazza, G Gasbarrini, L Cicotto, G Sole, A Fasano, S De Virgiliis, Am J Gastroenterol. 2004 Aug:1551-6
	Epidemiology of celiac disease: what are the prevalence, incidence, and progression of celiac disease? M Rewers, Gastroenterology. 2005 Apr:S47-51
	Epitopes recognised by tissue transglutaminase antibodies in coeliac disease. K Nakachi, M Powell, G Swift, MA Amoroso, R Ananieva-Jordanova, C Arnold, J Sanders, J Furmaniak, B Rees Smith, J Autoimmun. 2004 Feb:53-63
	Evaluation of a new DNA test compared with the lactose hydrogen breath test for the diagnosis of lactase non-persistence. C H&oeig;genauer, HF Hammer, K Mellitzer, W Renner, GJ Krejs, H Toplak, Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2005 Mar:371-6
	Fertility and pregnancy-related events in women with celiac disease: a population-based cohort study. LJ Tata, TR Card, RF Logan, RB Hubbard, CJ Smith, J West, Gastroenterology. 2005 Apr:849-55
	Follow-up of patients with celiac disease: achieving compliance with treatment. MM Pietzak, Gastroenterology. 2005 Apr:S135-41
	Genetic predisposition for adult lactose intolerance and relation to diet, bone density, and bone fractures. BM Obermayer-Pietsch, CM Bonelli, DE Walter, RJ Kuhn, A Fahrleitner-Pammer, A Berghold, W Goessler, V Stepan, H Dobnig, G Leb, W Renner, J Bone Miner Res. 2004 Jan:42-7
	Genetic testing: who should do the testing and what is the role of genetic testing in the setting of celiac disease? E Liu, M Rewers, GS Eisenbarth, Gastroenterology. 2005 Apr:S33-7
	Genetic variation and lactose intolerance: detection methods and clinical implications. E Sibley, Am J Pharmacogenomics. 2004:239-45
	Gluten intolerance: gender- and age-related differences in symptoms. MT Bardella, C Fredella, V Saladino, C Trovato, BM Cesana, M Quatrini, L Prampolini, Scand J Gastroenterol. 2005 Jan:15-9
	Grown-up coeliac children: the effects of only a few years on a gluten-free diet in childhood. C Ciacci, P Iovino, D Amoruso, M Siniscalchi, R Tortora, A Di Gilio, M Fusco, G Mazzacca, Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2005 Feb 15:421-9
	Growth hormone, glutamine, and modified diet for intestinal adaptation. LE Matarese, DL Seidner, E Steiger, J Am Diet Assoc. 2004 Aug:1265-72
	Gut transit in celiac disease: delay of small bowel transit and acceleration after dietary treatment. R Sadik, H Abrahamsson, A Kilander, PO Stotzer, Am J Gastroenterol. 2004 Dec:2429-36
	Gynecologic and obstetric findings related to nutritional status and adherence to a gluten-free diet in Brazilian patients with celiac disease. LM Kotze, J Clin Gastroenterol. 2004 Aug:567-74
	High prevalence of celiac disease in patients with lactose intolerance. V Ojetti, G Nucera, A Migneco, M Gabrielli, C Lauritano, S Danese, M Assunta Zocco, EC Nista, G Cammarota, A De Lorenzo, G Gasbarrini, A Gasbarrini, Digestion. 2005:106-10
	Hydrogen breath test in the diagnosis of lactose malabsorption: accuracy of new versus conventional criteria. M Di Stefano, A Missanelli, E Miceli, A Strocchi, GR Corazza, J Lab Clin Med. 2004 Dec:313-8
	IgA anti-transglutaminase antibodies as a tool for screening atypical forms of coeliac disease in a French at-risk paediatric population. W Sakly, F Bienvenu, N Peretti, A Lachaux, S Morel, R Bouvier, M Nicolino, J Bienvenu, A Spiteri, N Fabien, Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2005 Feb:235-9
	IgA antibodies to human tissue transglutaminase: audit of routine practice confirms high diagnostic accuracy. PG Hill, JM Forsyth, D Semeraro, GK Holmes, Scand J Gastroenterol. 2004 Nov:1078-82
	Increased frequency of the immunoglobulin enhancer HS1,2 allele 2 in coeliac disease. D Frezza, V Giambra, R Cianci, A Fruscalzo, M Giufrè, G Cammarota, C Martìnez-Labarga, O Rickards, G Scibilia, C Sferlazzas, F Bartolozzi, S Starnino, G Magazzù, GB Gasbarrini, F Pandolfi, Scand J Gastroenterol. 2004 Nov:1083-7
	Increasing prevalence of coeliac disease in Swedish children: influence of feeding recommendations, serological screening and small intestinal biopsy activity. P Laurin, L Stenhammar, K Fælth-Magnusson, Scand J Gastroenterol. 2004 Oct:946-52
	Intestinal rehabilitation and the short bowel syndrome: part 1. JK DiBaise, RJ Young, JA Vanderhoof, Am J Gastroenterol. 2004 Jul:1386-95
	Intraepithelial lymphocytes in the villous tip: do they indicate potential coeliac disease? F Biagi, O Luinetti, J Campanella, C Klersy, C Zambelli, V Villanacci, A Lanzini, GR Corazza, J Clin Pathol. 2004 Aug:835-9
	Irreversible intestinal failure. O Goulet, F Ruemmele, F Lacaille, V Colomb, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2004 Mar:250-69
	Lactose hydrogen breath test in Giardia lamblia-positive patients. SV Rana, DK Bhasin, VK Vinayak, Dig Dis Sci. 2005 Feb:259-61
	Lactose malabsorption in a population with irritable bowel syndrome: prevalence and symptoms. A case-control study. PG Farup, KW Monsbakken, PO Vandvik, Scand J Gastroenterol. 2004 Jul:645-9
	Lactose maldigestion in different age groups of north Indians. SV Rana, DK Bhasin, N Naik, M Subhiah, P Ravinder, Trop Gastroenterol. 2004 Jan-Mar:18-20
	Long-term follow-up of coeliac disease--what do coeliac patients want? JR Bebb, A Lawson, T Knight, RG Long, Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2006 Mar 15:827-31
	Long-term parenteral nutritional support and intestinal adaptation in children with short bowel syndrome: a 25-year experience. RE Quirós-Tejeira, ME Ament, L Reyen, F Herzog, M Merjanian, N Olivares-Serrano, JH Vargas, J Pediatr. 2004 Aug:157-63
	Maldigestion and malabsorption of 13C labelled tripalmitin in gastrostomy-fed patients with cystic fibrosis. KM Laiho, J Gavin, JL Murphy, GJ Connett, SA Wootton, Clin Nutr. 2004 Jun:347-53
	Malignancy and mortality in people with coeliac disease: population based cohort study. J West, RF Logan, CJ Smith, RB Hubbard, TR Card, BMJ. 2004 Sep 25:716-9
	Malignant lymphomas in coeliac disease: evidence of increased risks for lymphoma types other than enteropathy-type T cell lymphoma. KE Smedby, M Akerman, H Hildebrand, B Glimelius, A Ekbom, J Askling, Gut. 2005 Jan:54-9
	Mapping of gluten T-cell epitopes in the bread wheat ancestors: implications for celiac disease. O Molberg, AK Uhlen, T Jensen, NS Flaete, B Fleckenstein, H Arentz-Hansen, M Raki, KE Lundin, LM Sollid, Gastroenterology. 2005 Feb:393-401
	Myeloneuropathy and anemia due to copper malabsorption. N Kumar, PA Low, J Neurol. 2004 Jun:747-9
	Natural antibiotic expression in celiac disease--correlation with villous atrophy and response to a gluten-free diet. AS Taha, E Faccenda, WJ Angerson, M Balsitis, RW Kelly, Dig Dis Sci. 2005 Apr:791-5
	Net digestive absorption and adaptive hyperphagia in adult short bowel patients. P Crenn, MC Morin, F Joly, S Penven, F Thuillier, B Messing, Gut. 2004 Sep:1279-86
	Neurologic presentation of celiac disease. KO Bushara, Gastroenterology. 2005 Apr:S92-7
	New and emerging therapies for short bowel syndrome in children. JA Vanderhoof, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2004 Jun:S769-71
	Novel agents in the treatment of intestinal failure: humoral factors. H Yang, DH Teitelbaum, Gastroenterology. 2006 Feb:S117-21
	Parental smoking and risk of coeliac disease in offspring. JF Ludvigsson, J Ludvigsson, Scand J Gastroenterol. 2005 Mar:336-42
	Persistent and chronic diarrhea and malabsorption: Working Group report of the second World Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition. ZA Bhutta, F Ghishan, K Lindley, IA Memon, S Mittal, JM Rhoads, Commonwealth Association of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2004 Jun:S711-6
	Prevalence of prolonged prothrombin time in children with coeliac disease. V Ertekin, MA Selimoglu, Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2006 May:579-80; author reply 580
	Prospective population screening for celiac disease: high prevalence in the first 3 years of life. L Castaño, E Blarduni, L Ortiz, J Núñez, JR Bilbao, I Rica, P Martul, JC Vitoria, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2004 Jul:80-4
	Quality of life in screen-detected and typical coeliac disease and the effect of excluding dietary gluten. SD Johnston, C Rodgers, RG Watson, Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2004 Nov:1281-6
	Recombinant human interleukin 10 suppresses gliadin dependent T cell activation in ex vivo cultured coeliac intestinal mucosa. VM Salvati, G Mazzarella, C Gianfrani, MK Levings, R Stefanile, B De Giulio, G Iaquinto, N Giardullo, S Auricchio, MG Roncarolo, R Troncone, Gut. 2005 Jan:46-53
	Review article: safe amounts of gluten for patients with wheat allergy or coeliac disease. C Hischenhuber, R Crevel, B Jarry, M Mæki, DA Moneret-Vautrin, A Romano, R Troncone, R Ward, Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2006 Mar 1:559-75
	Risk of malignancy in diagnosed coeliac disease: a 24-year prospective, population-based, cohort study. TR Card, J West, GK Holmes, Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2004 Oct 1:769-75
	Risk of vascular disease in adults with diagnosed coeliac disease: a population-based study. J West, RF Logan, TR Card, C Smith, R Hubbard, Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2004 Jul 1:73-9
	Screening gor celiac disease can be justified in high-risk groups K Sj&oeig;berg, A Carlsson, Lakartidningen. 2004 Nov 25:3912, 3915-6, 3918-9
	Screening of tissue transglutaminase antibody in healthy blood donors for celiac disease screening in the Turkish population. G Tatar, R Elsurer, H Simsek, YH Balaban, G Hascelik, OI Ozcebe, Y Buyukasik, C Sokmensuer, Dig Dis Sci. 2004 Sep:1479-84
	Serologic testing for celiac disease in young adults--a cost-effect analysis. Y Yagil, I Goldenberg, R Arnon, V Ezra, I Ashkenazi, Dig Dis Sci. 2005 Apr:796-805
	Short stature and the probability of coeliac disease, in the absence of gastrointestinal symptoms. JC van Rijn, FK Grote, W Oostdijk, JM Wit, Arch Dis Child. 2004 Sep:882-3
	Should adults be screened for celiac disease? What are the benefits and harms of screening? P Collin, Gastroenterology. 2005 Apr:S104-8
	Should all children be screened for celiac disease? EJ Hoffenberg, Gastroenterology. 2005 Apr:S98-103
	Should we screen reflux oesophagitis patients for coeliac disease? P Collin, K Mustalahti, S Kyr&oeig;npalo, M Rasmussen, E Pehkonen, K Kaukinen, Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2004 Sep:917-20
	Skin manifestations of celiac disease. JJ Zone, Gastroenterology. 2005 Apr:S87-91
	Sourdough bread made from wheat and nontoxic flours and started with selected lactobacilli is tolerated in celiac sprue patients. R Di Cagno, M De Angelis, S Auricchio, L Greco, C Clarke, M De Vincenzi, C Giovannini, M D'Archivio, F Landolfo, G Parrilli, F Minervini, E Arendt, M Gobbetti, Appl Environ Microbiol. 2004 Feb:1088-96
	Symptoms and signs have changed in Swedish children with coeliac disease. JF Ludvigsson, P Ansved, K Fælth-Magnusson, JA Hammersj&oeig;, C Johansson, S Edvardsson, M Ljungkrantz, L Stenhammar, J Ludvigsson, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2004 Feb:181-6
	The global village of celiac disease. S Accomando, F Cataldo, Dig Liver Dis. 2004 Jul:492-8
	The gluten-free diet: how to provide effective education and resources. S Case, Gastroenterology. 2005 Apr:S128-34
	The many faces of celiac disease: clinical presentation of celiac disease in the adult population. PH Green, Gastroenterology. 2005 Apr:S74-8
	The risk of celiac disease in 107 families with at least two affected siblings. AH Gudjónsdóttir, S Nilsson, J Ek, B Kristiansson, H Ascher, J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2004 Mar:338-42
	The role of the immune response against tissue transglutaminase in the pathogenesis of coeliac disease. T Freitag, H Schulze-Koops, G Niedobitek, G Melino, D Schuppan, Autoimmun Rev. 2004 Feb:13-20
	The safe threshold for gluten contamination in gluten-free products. Can trace amounts be accepted in the treatment of coeliac disease? P Collin, L Thorell, K Kaukinen, M Mæki, Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2004 Jun 15:1277-83
	Tissue transglutaminase--the key player in celiac disease: a review. S Reif, A Lerner, Autoimmun Rev. 2004 Jan:40-5
	Transcriptional downregulation of tight junction protein ZO-1 in active coeliac disease is reversed after a gluten-free diet. D Pizzuti, M Bortolami, E Mazzon, A Buda, G Guariso, A D'Odorico, S Chiarelli, R D'Incà, F De Lazzari, D Martines, Dig Liver Dis. 2004 May:337-41
	Usefulness of jejunal biopsy in the study of intestinal malabsorption in the elderly. B Lobo, F Casellas, I de Torres, L Chicharro, JR Malagelada, Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2004 Apr:259-64
	Usefulness of the organ culture system in the in vitro diagnosis of coeliac disease: a multicentre study. A Picarelli, M Di Tola, L Sabbatella, MC Anania, A Calabrò, D Renzi, JC Bai, E Sugai, A Carroccio, L Di Prima, MT Bardella, D Barisani, C Ribes-Koninckx, ED Aliaga, M Gasparin, E Bravi, Multicentre Organ Culture System Study Group, Scand J Gastroenterol. 2006 Feb:186-90
	Value of routine duodenal biopsy in diagnosing coeliac disease in patients with iron deficiency anaemia. AK Mandal, I Mehdi, SK Munshi, TC Lo, Postgrad Med J. 2004 Aug:475-7
	What are the sensitivity and specificity of serologic tests for celiac disease? Do sensitivity and specificity vary in different populations? ID Hill, Gastroenterology. 2005 Apr:S25-32