Diagnosis?
Celiac disease is diagnosed in three steps:
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Clinical doubt |
is the first step; it’s the moment a doctor considers the patient’s symptoms as a sign of celiac disease or considers them in a risk category. |
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Serologic test |
For feedback on this doubt, serologic dosing is done for: Antigliadin antibodies (AGA), Anti- endosmosis Antibodies (EMA), Anti- tissue transglutaminase antibodies (tTG). |
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Bioptic
test |
If the person is positive to these antibodies, they then go on to do biopsies of the small intestine, removing a piece of tissue to check the state of the intestinal villis. |
