Friday 26 August 2016

CD

COELIAC D Affecting ∼1% of children,1 CD is more common than sickle cell disease or type 1 diabetes mellitus

Young children often present with gastrointestinal symptoms such as bloating, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and failure to thrive, whereas older children and adolescents are more likely to present with poor growth and extraintestinal symptoms such as anemia and delayed puberty.

 risk of multiple health concerns, including suboptimal growth, progressive osteoporosis, enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma, and shortened life expectancy

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