Yield of coeliac screening in abdominal pain-associated functional gastrointestinal system disorders

Kansu A., KULOĞLU Z., Demir A., Yaman A.

JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH, vol.51, no.11, pp.1066-1070, 2015 (SCI-Expanded)

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 51 Issue: 11
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/jpc.12929
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1066-1070
  • Keywords: childhood, chronic abdominal pain, coeliac disease, irritable bowel syndrome, IRRITABLE-BOWEL-SYNDROME, RAPID ANTIBODY-TEST, PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY, DISEASE, CHILDREN, PREVALENCE, SYMPTOMS, HEPATOLOGY, CHILDHOOD, ACCURACY
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

AimChronic abdominal pain (CAP) in childhood is common and in the majority functional. While CAP is one of the complaints of coeliac disease (CD), whether CAP as a sole complaint is indicative of CD is unclear. Our aim was to evaluate the relationship between CAP and CD.