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Anyone Else Iga Deficient?

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vmlehtonen Newbie
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Daughter and myself having celiac symptoms, but we are BOTH IgA deficient. I am having trouble getting the doctors to order the right blood tests. My daughter had her AGA IgG come back high (22, normal is 0-10). But that is the only indicator that she may have celiac. There is conflicting journal articles to whether AGA IgG is a good measure for IgA deficient individuals....so I want her pediatrician and my doctor to order TtG IgG, EMA IgG, AGA IgG. Is that too much to ask? Anyone else have to order these special blood tests due to IgA deficiency? Does her positive AGA mean that she is most likely celiac?

Thanks,

Vickie

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Yes of course the right procedure ifor them is to order all the other celiac tests in the IgG version, here in Europe it is routine that hte lab does the IgG version if one is IgA deficient.

The antigliadin IgG is said to be not so very specific for celiac, that is all. It may be elevated sometimes if allergic to milk or in some cases of parasites I think I read.

The biopsy is the gold standard.

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