Compliance with gluten-free diet in adolescents with screening-detected celiac disease: a 5-year follow-up study.
After 5 years of treatment, 22 patients with celiac disease, diagnosed by means of serologic mass screening (mean age, 17.9 years), showed a lower compliance with a gluten-free diet and frequent positivity of serum anti-endomysium antibodies (32%) in comparison with a group of 22 age-matched patients diagnosed because of "typical" symptoms during childhood.
Fabiani
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Department of Paediatrics, University of Ancona, Italy.
Taccari
L M
LM
Rätsch
I M
IM
Di Giuseppe
S
S
Coppa
G V
GV
Catassi
C
C
D000293:Adolescent; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005983:Glutens; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D010349:Patient Compliance; D013997:Time Factors
D005983:Glutens