Is coeliac disease prevalent among adolescent psychiatric patients?
Coeliac disease (CD) occasionally presents solely with neuropsychiatric symptoms and may predispose to mental and behavioural disorders. This study screened new adolescent psychiatric outpatients (n = 140) in the Department of Adolescent Psychiatry of the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Helsinki, using immunoglobulin A antibody to tissue transglutaminase. The prevalence rate of CD was found to be 1 in 140.


CONCLUSIONS
The results do not suggest that undetected CD is markedly overrepresented among adolescent psychiatric outpatients.
Pynnönen
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P
Department of Adolescent Psychiatry, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Huch, Finland. paivi.pynnonen@hus.fi
Isometsä
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E
Aalberg
V
V
Verkasalo
M
M
Savilahti
E
E
D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D015331:Cohort Studies; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D017678:Sex Distribution; D011503:Transglutaminases / Q000032:analysis
D011503:Transglutaminases