The effect of biopsy‐positive silent coeliac disease and treatment with a gluten‐free diet on growth and glycaemic control in children with Type 1 diabetes

Abstract

In children with Type 1 diabetes, lower HbA(1c) prior to diagnosis of silent coeliac disease rises following treatment with a gluten-free diet to levels similar to those without coeliac disease. Although unproven, these observations may relate to abnormalities at the small bowel mucosa before the appearance of circulating coeliac antibodies.