A Prospective Study of Duodenal Bulb Biopsy in Newly Diagnosed and Established Adult Celiac Disease

2011120 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Kate Evans · Royal Hallamshire Hospital

Imran Aziz · Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Simon S. Cross · Royal Hallamshire Hospital

Gursharan R K Sahota · Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Andrew D. Hopper · Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Marios Hadjivassiliou · Royal Hallamshire Hospital

David S. Sanders

Abstract

VA may be present only in the duodenal bulb. This study suggests that the optimal assessment of patients in whom celiac disease is suspected (with positive serology) and those with established celiac disease requires a duodenal bulb biopsy in addition to distal duodenal biopsies.

Topics & Keywords

Celiac Disease Research and Management Microscopic Colitis Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: The American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volume 106, Issue 10, pp. 1837-1742

DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2011.171

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 7.84