Clinical and Serologic Patterns in a Large Canadian Paediatric Cohort with Celiac Disease, At Presentation and Follow-Up

Abstract BACKGROUND: Celiac Disease (CD) is a chronic illness involving an autoimmune response to gluten, leading to small intestinal inflammation in genetically susceptible individuals. A weakness in the North American pediatric CD literature exists around serologic outcomes after initiation of a gluten free diet (GFD). Only one published North American pediatric study looks at normalization of TTG after initiation of a GFD …