Testing for coeliac disease rarely leads to a diagnosis: a population-based study

• Main Authors: Maxine D. Rouvroye (Author), Lotte Oldenburg (Author), Pauline Slottje (Author), Johanna H. K. Joosten (Author), Renee X. de Menezes (Author), Marcel E. Reinders (Author), Gerd Bouma (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background Coeliac disease (CD) has an estimated prevalence of ∼1% in Europe with a significant gap between undiagnosed and diagnosed CD. Active case finding may help to bridge this gap yet the diagnostic yield of such active case finding in general practice by serological testing is unknown. Object...