Gastroenterology Service Children Hospital Dr. Orlando Alassia of our city was involved, along with other health facilities in other provinces-the first multicenter study was conducted in the country on celiac disease, which allowed to obtain data on the prevalence of this pathology in children younger than 16 years.

Of the 2219 samples were included in the study, for children between 3 and 16 years, 430 were contributed by the Alassia. "We did a check on blood samples from patients who entered the operating room, and above this, was analyzed with a determination of transglutaminase. All determinations were centralized in a laboratory in Buenos Aires. Of all the samples yielded the following results: 29 were positive (although 7 patients had previous diagnosis, why did not need to ask bowel biopsy). Of these samples were 22 biopsies in patients. We found a prevalence of 1.26%, ie 1 in 79, with a predominance of females, "said the professional.

And he stressed: "This is a before and after: no country in the determination of prevalence of celiac disease. Data are completely different in Latin America and also in the rest of the world. "

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