Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 3 , Pages 816-823 , March 2009

Diagnosing Mild Enteropathy Celiac Disease: A Randomized, Controlled Clinical Study

  • Kalle Kurppa

      Affiliations

    • Paediatric Research Centre, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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  • Pekka Collin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology and Alimentary Tract Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
    • Medical School, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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  • Mervi Viljamaa

      Affiliations

    • Paediatric Research Centre, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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  • Katri Haimila

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Services, Finnish Red Cross Blood Service, Helsinki, Finland
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  • Päivi Saavalainen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Genetics and Research Program for Molecular Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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  • Jukka Partanen

      Affiliations

    • Research and Development, Finnish Red Cross Blood Service, Helsinki, Finland
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  • Kaija Laurila

      Affiliations

    • Paediatric Research Centre, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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  • Heini Huhtala

      Affiliations

    • Tampere School of Public Health, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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  • Kaija Paasikivi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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  • Markku Mäki

      Affiliations

    • Paediatric Research Centre, University of Tampere and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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  • Katri Kaukinen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology and Alimentary Tract Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
    • Medical School, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Katri Kaukinen, MD, PhD, University of Tampere, Medical School, FIN-33014, Tampere, Finland. fax: (358) 3-3551-8402

Received 2 June 2008 ,Accepted 13 November 2008.

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding This study and the Coeliac Disease Study Group were supported by the Academy of Finland Research Council for Health, the Competitive Research Funding of the Pirkanmaa Hospital District, the Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation, the Foundation for Paediatric Research, the Finnish Coeliac Society, an EU Commission Marie Curie Excellence grant (FP6 contract MEXT-CT-2005-025270), and a Marie Curie mobility grant (MRTNCT-2006-036032; TRACKS).

PII: S0016-5085(08)02070-2

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.11.040

Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 3 , Pages 816-823 , March 2009

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