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Annual screening detects celiac disease in children with type 1 diabetes

Larsson, Karin ; Carlsson, Annelie LU orcid ; Cederwall, Elisabeth ; Jonsson, Bjorn ; Neiderud, Jan ; Jonsson, Bjorn ; Lernmark, Åke LU orcid and Ivarsson, Sten LU (2008) In Pediatric Diabetes 9(4). p.354-359
Abstract
Objective: To investigate the prevalence of celiac disease (CD) in a cohort of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) children and adolescents at the time of clinical diagnosis and to evaluate the screening procedure and possible role of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DQ during a 5-yr follow-up. Research design and methods: The study group was a cohort of 300 newly diagnosed T1DM children and youths younger than 20 yr followed for 5 yr at six clinical centers for pediatric diabetes in the region Skane in Sweden. Immunoglobulin A endomysium antibodies were used to screen the patients annually to be considered for an intestinal biopsy. All patients were analyzed for HLA-DQA1-B1 genotypes. Results: While 0.7% (2/300) already had a diagnosed... (More)
Objective: To investigate the prevalence of celiac disease (CD) in a cohort of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) children and adolescents at the time of clinical diagnosis and to evaluate the screening procedure and possible role of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DQ during a 5-yr follow-up. Research design and methods: The study group was a cohort of 300 newly diagnosed T1DM children and youths younger than 20 yr followed for 5 yr at six clinical centers for pediatric diabetes in the region Skane in Sweden. Immunoglobulin A endomysium antibodies were used to screen the patients annually to be considered for an intestinal biopsy. All patients were analyzed for HLA-DQA1-B1 genotypes. Results: While 0.7% (2/300) already had a diagnosed symptomatic CD, an additional 3% (10/300) had silent CD at the diagnosis of T1DM. During follow-up, another 6% (17/300) developed CD as follows: 10 after 1 yr, 5 after 2 yr, 1 after 3 yr, and 1 after 5 yr. Therefore, the cumulative frequency of CD confirmed by intestinal biopsies was 10% (29/300). HLA genotypes among T1DM patients developing CD were not different from those among patients with T1DM alone. Conclusions: Our study confirmed the low prevalence (0.7%) of diagnosed symptomatic CD at the time of clinical diagnosis but document by screening an increasing prevalence of silent CD during a 5-yr follow-up to reach an overall prevalence of 10%. We suggest that children with T1DM should be screened for CD at the onset of T1DM and annually for a minimum of at least 2 yr. HLA genotypes among T1DM patients developing CD were not different from those among patients with T1DM alone. (Less)
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HLA-DQ, children, T1DM, annual screening, CD
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Pediatric Diabetes
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9
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4
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354 - 359
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Wiley-Blackwell
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  • wos:000258078500003
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1399-543X
DOI
10.1111/j.1399-5448.2008.00367.x
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English
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  author       = {{Larsson, Karin and Carlsson, Annelie and Cederwall, Elisabeth and Jonsson, Bjorn and Neiderud, Jan and Jonsson, Bjorn and Lernmark, Åke and Ivarsson, Sten}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{4}},
  pages        = {{354--359}},
  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  series       = {{Pediatric Diabetes}},
  title        = {{Annual screening detects celiac disease in children with type 1 diabetes}},
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  doi          = {{10.1111/j.1399-5448.2008.00367.x}},
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