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The prevalence of coeliac disease is significantly higher in children compared with adults

Meritxell Mariné, Montserrat Alsina, P. Vilar, M. Cortijo, Azucena Salas, Fernando Fernández‐Bañares, Mercè Rosinach, Rebeca Santaolalla, Carme Loras, Teresa Sá Marques,

Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics · 2010 · 85 citations · 37 references

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The prevalence of coeliac disease in childhood was five times higher than in adults. Whether this difference is due to environmental factors influencing infancy, or latency of coeliac disease in adulthood, remains to be demonstrated in prospective longitudinal studies.

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