The results also show 10.3% of the patients with celiac disease that was histopathological confirmed were seronegative to Anti-TtG-IgA, but seropositive to anti-DGP-IgA and/or Anti-DGP-IgG.
Objective To characterize patients with celiac disease (CD), examines the clinical spectrum of CD, and evaluate the performance of serologic tests used for CD screening, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Method Medical charts of patients received at the Digestive Diseases Institute of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi from January 2015 to December 2020 were reviewed. Patients who were screened for four serologic biomarkers (anti-tissue transglutaminase IgA [Anti-tTG-IgA], anti-tissue transglutaminase IgG [Anti-TtG-IgG], anti-deamidated gliadin peptide IgG [Anti-DGP-IgG], and anti-deamidated gliadin peptide IgA [Anti-DGP-IgA]) were included. Histopathology was performed on patients with the seropositive test. Marsh score >1 considered to confirm CD. Characteristics of the Anti-tTG-IgA seropositive patients were described and that correlated with histopathologically-confirmed CD were explored. Results Of the 6,239 patients, 1.4%, 2.9%, 4.7%, and 4.9%, were seropositive to Anti-tTG-IgG, Anti
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