title: Joint BSPGHAN and Coeliac UK guidelines for the diagnosis and management of coeliac disease in children.
abstract: The revised BSPGHAN guidelines for the diagnosis and management of coeliac disease represent an important shift in diagnostic strategy, aimed at simplifying and shortening the diagnostic process in selected cases. Guidance is given concerning the indications for testing for coeliac disease, which is still significantly underdiagnosed in the UK. While screening data suggest a likely incidence of 1 in 100 persons, only 10%-20% of this figure is currently being diagnosed.The BSPGHAN guidelines follow the new ESPGHAN guidelines in overall diagnostic strategy, while providing more didactic stratagems, which should be of assistance for paediatricians in specialties other than gastroenterology.
authors.affiliation: Division of Metabolic and Vascular Health, Warwick Medical School, , Coventry, UK.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murch
authors.forename: Huw
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jenkins
authors.forename: Marcus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Auth
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bremner
authors.forename: Assad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Butt
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: France
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Furman
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gillett
authors.forename: Fevronia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kiparissi
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lawson
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: McLain
authors.forename: Mary-Anne
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sleet
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thorpe
mesh_terms: D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D019468:Disease Management; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D015995:Prevalence; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Gastroenterology; General Paediatrics