Open AccessPrevalence of celiac disease among symptom-free children from the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Maher M. Al Hatlani
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.170952
Subject(s) - medicine , epidemiology , serology , national guard , tissue transglutaminase , biopsy , disease , immunoglobulin a , environmental health , antibody , immunology , immunoglobulin g , biochemistry , chemistry , public administration , political science , enzyme
Epidemiological studies of celiac disease (CD) among Saudi children have been performed only within some groups who are at a high risk of developing CD. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of CD among symptom-free children from the public schools of the military campus of National Guard in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.