Gastroenterology
Volume 131, Issue 6 , Pages 1981-2002 , December 2006

American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute Technical Review on the Diagnosis and Management of Celiac Disease

  • Alaa Rostom

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Foothills Medical Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Chair, Clinical Practice and Economics Committee, AGA Institute National Office, c/o Membership Department, 4930 Del Ray Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland 20814. Fax: (301) 654-5920.
    • ,
  • Joseph A. Murray

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota
    • ,
  • Martin F. Kagnoff

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, The Wm. K. Warren Medical Research Center for Celiac Disease, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California
    • M.F.K. is supported by National Institutes of Health grants DK35108 and DK58960 and a grant from the William K. Warren Foundation, and J.A.M. is supported by National Institutes of Health grants DK 71003 and DK 57892.

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 This literature review and the recommendations therein were prepared for the AGA Institute Clinical Practice and Economics Committee. The paper was approved by the Committee on August 21, 2006, and by the AGA Institute Governing Board on September 25, 2006.

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