1. Celiac disease may be rare among children in South China
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Cui-ping Liang, Lan-Lan Geng, Pei-Yu Chen, Hui-Wen Li, Lu Ren, and Si-Tang Gong
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Medicine (General) ,Transglutaminases ,Biopsy ,Biochemistry (medical) ,nutritional and metabolic diseases ,Cell Biology ,General Medicine ,Biochemistry ,Immunoglobulin A ,Celiac Disease ,R5-920 ,Humans ,Child ,Autoantibodies - Abstract
Objective The prevalence of celiac disease (CD) varies geographically and ethnically; however, the prevalence among children in South China remains unknown. We therefore determined the occurrence of CD among Chinese children in South China. Methods Serum samples were collected from children and assessed for anti-tissue transglutaminase IgA antibodies (anti-tTG-IgA) and total IgA. Anti-tTG-IgA+ participants underwent human leukocyte antigen (HLA) DQ2/DQ8 determination. Samples with serum total IgA Results A total of 8794 children were enrolled, of whom 479 had chronic unexplained abdominal symptoms. Three (0.034%) children were anti-tTG-IgA+ and ten (0.114%) had serum total IgA Conclusion Our study showed a prevalence of CD autoimmunity of 0.034% and failed to identify any cases of CD, suggesting a low prevalence of CD among children in South China.
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- 2022