Omitting duodenal biopsy in children with suspected celiac disease and extra-intestinal symptoms

• Egile Nagusiak: Mauro Bozzola (Egilea), Cristina Meazza (Egilea), Chiara Gertosio (Egilea), Sara Pagani (Egilea), Daniela Larizza (Egilea), Valeria Calcaterra (Egilea), Ombretta Luinetti (Egilea), Giovanni Farello (Egilea), Carmine Tinelli (Egilea), Lorenzo Iughetti (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: BMC, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background The aim of our study is to evaluate if in children with highly positive serology and HLA-DQ2/DQ8 (triple test, TT) and only extra-intestinal symptoms, it is possible to omit performing an intestinal biopsy for celiac disease (CD) diagnosis, as suggested by the new European Societ...