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Pediatric celiac disease—is a diagnostic biopsy necessary?

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A small-bowel biopsy is currently required in the diagnosis of celiac disease in children. The European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition has now presented new guidelines for the diagnosis of celiac disease, which indicate that small-bowel biopsy could be avoided in certain cases.

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    Lotta Högberg & Lars Stenhammar

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Högberg, L., Stenhammar, L. Pediatric celiac disease—is a diagnostic biopsy necessary?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 9, 127–128 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2012.11

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