Erschienen in:
01.01.2016 | Scientific Letter
Celiac Disease – A Case Series from North India
verfasst von:
Lalit Bharadia, Lalita Kanojiya, Sanjay Choudhary, Deepak Shivpuri
Erschienen in:
Indian Journal of Pediatrics
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Ausgabe 1/2016
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Excerpt
To the Editor: Celiac Disease (CD) is an immune-mediated multisystem disorder elicited by gluten in genetically susceptible individuals. It has a prevalence of 0.8 to 2.67 % in the Western world [
1]. In India, CD is prevalent in 1.54 % by serology and 1.04 % by histology [
2]. There is paucity of data on CD in children from Rajasthan, which happens to be one of the important states of celiac belt of India [
3]. …