Prevalence and detection rate of celiac disease in Italy: Results of a SIGENP multicenter screening in school-age children.

Elena LionettiDorina PjetrajSimona GattiGiulia CatassiAntonella BellantoniMassimo BoffardiMara CananziMauro CinquettiRuggiero FrancavillaBasilio MalamisuraMonica MontuoriGianvincenzo ZuccottiFernanda CristoforiPaola GaioTiziana PassaroFrancesca PenaginiAlessandra TestaChiara Maria TrovatoCarlo Catassi

Published in: Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver (2023)

In this multicenter study the prevalence of celiac disease in school-age Italian children was one of the highest in the world. Determination of HLA predisposing genotypes is an easy and fast first-level screening test for celiac disease. Without a mass screening strategy, 60% of celiac patients remain currently undiagnosed in Italy.

Keyphrases

celiac disease
risk factors
young adults
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
clinical trial
patient reported outcomes
high resolution
patient reported
quantum dots
real time pcr
simultaneous determination