Mejorar el manejo de la enfermedad celíaca: Un desafío urgente

Anti endomysial and anti transglutaminase (EMA/TTG) antibodies measurements in large population groups, show that celiac disease is significantly more common than previously thought and 0.5-1% of the population suffer this condition. The recognition of atypical clinical presentations by active scree...

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Autor principal: Araya Q,Magdalena
Lenguaje:Spanish / Castilian
Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2006
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720060003000152006-05-02Mejorar el manejo de la enfermedad celíaca: Un desafío urgenteAraya Q,Magdalena Celiac disease Gluten-sensitive enteropathy Malabsorption syndromes Anti endomysial and anti transglutaminase (EMA/TTG) antibodies measurements in large population groups, show that celiac disease is significantly more common than previously thought and 0.5-1% of the population suffer this condition. The recognition of atypical clinical presentations by active screening of high risk groups is a successful global initiative. In Chile there is little awareness of the enormous changes occurred in this field. Available national information on typical presentation of the disease shows that it is found in 1:1836 live births, figure that is comparable to European societies. Two urgent tasks are required in our country. First, to asses the Chilean population using EMA and/or TTG. Second, to improve the legal aspects that regulate consumer information about gluten content in processed foods. We here review the most relevant aspects to be considered to improve the management of celiac patients and the tasks that require the participation of health authorities for their implementationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.134 n.3 20062006-03-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872006000300015es10.4067/S0034-98872006000300015
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language Spanish / Castilian
topic Celiac disease
Gluten-sensitive enteropathy
Malabsorption syndromes
spellingShingle Celiac disease
Gluten-sensitive enteropathy
Malabsorption syndromes
Araya Q,Magdalena
Mejorar el manejo de la enfermedad celíaca: Un desafío urgente
description Anti endomysial and anti transglutaminase (EMA/TTG) antibodies measurements in large population groups, show that celiac disease is significantly more common than previously thought and 0.5-1% of the population suffer this condition. The recognition of atypical clinical presentations by active screening of high risk groups is a successful global initiative. In Chile there is little awareness of the enormous changes occurred in this field. Available national information on typical presentation of the disease shows that it is found in 1:1836 live births, figure that is comparable to European societies. Two urgent tasks are required in our country. First, to asses the Chilean population using EMA and/or TTG. Second, to improve the legal aspects that regulate consumer information about gluten content in processed foods. We here review the most relevant aspects to be considered to improve the management of celiac patients and the tasks that require the participation of health authorities for their implementation
author Araya Q,Magdalena
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title Mejorar el manejo de la enfermedad celíaca: Un desafío urgente
title_short Mejorar el manejo de la enfermedad celíaca: Un desafío urgente
title_full Mejorar el manejo de la enfermedad celíaca: Un desafío urgente
title_fullStr Mejorar el manejo de la enfermedad celíaca: Un desafío urgente
title_full_unstemmed Mejorar el manejo de la enfermedad celíaca: Un desafío urgente
title_sort mejorar el manejo de la enfermedad celíaca: un desafío urgente
publisher Sociedad Médica de Santiago
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