Prevalence of occult celiac disease in females with iron deficiency in the United States: an NHANES analysis

• Main Authors: Ahmed Abdalla (Author), Shaik Mohamed Saifullah (Author), Mohamed Osman (Author), Ramkaji Baniya (Author), Shima Sidahmed (Author), Jenny LaChance (Author), Ghassan Bachuwa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Greater Baltimore Medical Center, 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aim: The prevalence of celiac disease (CD) in patients with iron deficiency (ID) is estimated at 0-6% in European countries. The prevalence of celiac disease in patients with iron deficiency in the USA is unknown. Given the treatable nature of gluten hypersensitivity, estimating the prevalence of CD...