The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 136, Issue 6 , Pages 841-843, June 2000

Compliance with gluten-free diet in adolescents with screening-detected celiac disease: A 5-year follow-up study

Department of Paediatrics, University Department of Paediatrics, Via F Corridoni 11, 60123 Ancona, Italy.

Received 28 July 1999; accepted 12 November 1999.

After 5 years of treatment, 22 patients with celiac disease, diagnosed by means of serologic mass screening (mean age, 17.9 years), showed a lower compliance with a gluten-free diet and frequent positivity of serum anti-en-domysium antibodies (32%) in comparison with a group of 22 age-matched patients diagnosed because of “typical” symptoms during childhood.

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PII: S0022-3476(00)35904-2

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 136, Issue 6 , Pages 841-843, June 2000

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