Indian task force for celiac disease: current status.
There are limited data on celiac disease (CD) from India. The limited knowledge about CD in India might be attributed to several factors. The first meeting of the Indian Task Force for Celiac Disease was held in the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, India in December 2008. The objectives of the meeting were to focus research on prevalence of CD in the wheat-eating Northern vs the rice-eating Southern Indian population, low-budget serological assays to study the underprivileged population, to involve other medical subspecialties in CD, to suggest proper legislation regarding wheat food labeling, and to organize affordable food substitutes for patients with celiac disease.
Gupta
Rajesh
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Reddy
Duvvuru Nageshwar
DN
Makharia
Govind K
GK
Sood
Ajit
A
Ramakrishna
Balakrishnan S
BS
Yachha
Surender Kumar
SK
Thapa
Babu Ram
BR
Banerjee
Rupa
R
Anuradha
Sekaran
S
Dutta
Usha
U
Puri
Amarender Singh
AS
Jain
Ajay Kumar
AK
Mulder
Chris Jj
CJ
Kumar
Ajay
A
Boindala
Sesikeran
S
D053704:Capsule Endoscopy; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004032:Diet; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D010349:Patient Compliance