Celiac disease can be predicted by high levels of tissue transglutaminase antibodies in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes.
Mara Cerqueiro BybrantElin UdénFilippa FrederiksenAnna L GustafssonCarl-Göran ArvidssonAnna-Lena FuremanGun ForsanderHelena Elding LarssonSten A IvarssonMarie LindgrenJohnny LudvigssonClaude MarcusAuste Pundziute LyckåMartina PerssonUlf SamuelssonStefan SärnbladKarin ÅkessonEva ÖrtqvistAnnelie CarlssonPublished in: Pediatric diabetes (2020)
As all screened children and adolescents with T1D with tissue transglutaminase antibodies above 10 times the positive value 10x ULN had CD, we propose that the guidelines for diagnosing CD in screened children, when biopsies can be omitted, should also apply to children and adolescents with T1D as a noninvasive method.