Celiac.com 04/13/2009 - A team of Spanish researchers recently set out to determine rates and clinical status of gluten sensitive enteropathy (GSE) detected by mass blood screens. The researchers also sought to determine sensitivity of anti-transglutaminase (tTGA) and anti-endomysium antibodies (EmA) in diagnosis, and compliance with a gluten-free diet (GFD) and follow-up.
The research team was made up of doctors Meritxell Mariné, Fernando Fernández-Bañares, Montserrat Alsina, Carme Farré, Montserrat Cortijo, Rebeca Santaolalla, Antonio Salas, Margarita Tomàs, Elias Abugattas, Carme Loras, Ingrid Ordás, Josep M Viver, and Maria Esteve.
Researchers recruited one thousand, eight hundred and sixty eight subjects, who were the screened for tTGA and EmA.
Positive screens were refer...

Celiac.com 01/16/2012 - Should there be mass screening for celiac disease? Currently, there is no consensus among scientists or among public policy makers in favor of mass screening for celiac disease as a public health intervention. Advocacy for mass celiac disease screening remains somewhat controversial.
A team of researchers recently conducted a mixed-method study to address the issue of mass screening for celiac disease from the perspective of newly diagnosed patients and their parents.
The study team included Anna Rosén; Maria Emmelin; Annelie Carlsson; Solveig Hammarroth; Eva Karlsson, and Anneli Ivarsson.
The team screened data from a total of 145 people with antibody-detected celiac disease. They got the data from a Swedish school-based screening study. They then invited ...