title: [Antitransglutaminase antibody positivity in adults histologically compatible with celiac disease].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the frequency of positive results for antitransglutaminase antibody in adult patients histologically compatible with celiac disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross sectional, descriptive study with research-oriented regime, which included medical records of Gastroenterology Service of San Pablo Clinic, Lima, Peru from 1994 to 2011 with biopsies histologically compatible with CD and antitransglutaminase antibodies to find the frequency of positive serology.
  
  
  RESULTS
  According to criteria established by the present study, we worked on a total of 44 medical records which included 18 (40.9%) men and 26 (59.1%) women, mean age at diagnosis of 51 ± 16.23 years at the total. From all, 12 (27.27%) were positive for AATG, 2 (4.54%) values were indeterminate and 30 (68.18%) were negative with histological findings compatible with CD.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is not frequent positive results for antitransglutaminase antibody in adult patients histologically compatible with celiac disease.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Gastroenterología, Clínica San Pablo. Lima, Perú.
authors.forename: Judy Melissa
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Piscoya Moncada
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Gastroenterología, Clínica San Pablo. Lima, Perú.
authors.forename: Gustavo Vicente
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Gálvez Villacorta
mesh_terms: D000906:Antibodies / Q000097:blood*; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000091345:Protein Glutamine gamma Glutamyltransferase 2; D011503:Transglutaminases / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D000091345:Protein Glutamine gamma Glutamyltransferase 2; D011503:Transglutaminases; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins