Highlights: This study was conducted by an Italian pediatric allergy clinic. They compared the rate of undiagnosed celiac disease in three groups of children – severe IgE mediated food allergy (requiring oral immunotherapy), mild IgE mediated food allergy (developed tolerance naturally) and healthy controls. Children with mild allergy had similar prevalence to healthy controls (1%), but children with severe allergy had a prevalence of 4 – 5%. Twelve out of the thirteen children diagnosed with celiac disease were asymptomatic.
Application to Dietetic Practice: These findings suggest that children with severe food allergy should be screened for celiac disease.
Pub Med ID – 26179550
Posted in: Fall2015-Research
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