Celiac Disease

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Higher-Than-Normal Thyroxine Doses a Clue to Celiac Disease Patients with thyroiditis and untreated celiac disease may need a higher dose of thyroxine to normalize their thyroid-stimulating hormone levels, a new study has found.
Reuters Health Information, February 6, 2012
Gliadin Challenge Confirms 'Hard-To-Diagnose' Celiac Disease Challenging biopsied duodenal mucosa with gliadin, the toxic fraction of wheat gluten, can help establish a diagnosis of celiac disease when gluten sensitivity is suspected, but can't be confirmed with standard diagnostic tests, Italian researchers say.
Reuters Health Information, October 11, 2011

Celiac Disease: What Is Your Biopsy Protocol? Dr. David Johnson comments on an analysis of biopsy protocols in the evaluation of celiac sprue that suggests a low adherence to the current guideline recommendations. Are diagnoses being missed?
Medscape Gastroenterology, December 15, 2011
From the Upper GI to the Lower GI: A Recap of ACG 2011 Dr. David Johnson offers his perspective on some of the key scientific presentations from this year's American College of Gastroenterology meeting.
Medscape Gastroenterology, November 18, 2011