Skin testing for coeliac disease.
Subfractions of gluten from two genetically different New Zealand wheats were injected intradermally in 16 patients with coeliac disease and 20 healthy controls. The coeliac patients as a group exhibited greater skin reactions when examined at seven hours than the controls. However, the skin test did not give sufficient discrimination to make it clinically useful as a screening test for coeliac disease.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005591:Chemical Fractionation; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005983:Glutens; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012882:Skin Tests
D005983:Glutens