Early diagnosis of coeliac disease in the Preventive Youth Health Care Centres in the Netherlands: study protocol of a case finding study (GLUTENSCREEN)

• Main Authors: Johanna Escher (Author), Nan van Geloven (Author), Martine Charlotte de Vries (Author), Caroline Meijer-Boekel (Author), M.Elske van den Akker (Author), Leti van Bodegom (Author), Floris van Overveld (Author), Edmond H H.M Rings (Author), Lucy Smit (Author), M. Luisa Mearin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMJ Publishing Group, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction Coeliac disease (CD) occurs in 1% of the population, develops early in life and is severely underdiagnosed. Undiagnosed and untreated disease is associated with short-term and long-term complications. The current healthcare approach is unable to solve the underdiagnosis of CD and timely...