title: [Coeliac disease--new clinical findings and diagnostic tools].
abstract: Coeliac disease is a disorder characterised by intolerance to wheat gluten and related proteins from rye and barley, ingestion of which leads to a harmful immune activation in the small intestinal mucosa. The symptoms are often vague and do not suggest an intestinal disorder. The diagnosis is often easy once the question is raised; it requires a combination of serological tests and small intestinal biopsies. Coeliac disease can also exist with a normal serology. The trend in many countries is to require less pronounced mucosal abnormalities than previously for the diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Medisinsk avdeling, Rikshospitlet, Oslo. knut.lundin@rikshospitalet.no
authors.forename: Knut E A
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Lundin
authors.forename: Inger Nina
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Farstad
authors.forename: Ludvig M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Sollid
mesh_terms: D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D004386:Duodenum / Q000473:pathology; D005903:Gliadin / Q000276:immunology; D005983:Glutens / Q000276:immunology; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D012698:Serologic Tests
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D006680:HLA Antigens; D005983:Glutens; D005903:Gliadin