TY - JOUR AU - Ceylan, Nesrin AU - Demiroren, Kaan PY - 2019/07/28 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The prevalence of celiac disease in healthy school children in Van City, east of Turkey: a screening study using a rapid test JF - Medical Science and Discovery JA - Med Sci Discov VL - 3 IS - 3 SE - Research Article DO - UR - https://medscidiscovery.com/index.php/msd/article/view/181 SP - 130-133 AB - <p><strong>Objective:</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;Celiac disease is seen by increasing rates in the whole world. It may have a silent course besides having classical symptoms. It may result in serious complications if the diagnosis is delayed such as anemia, fatigue, vitamin K deficiency, excessive bruising and bleeding. The aim of this study is to detect celiac patients who have not been diagnosed yet in healthy school children.</p><p><strong>Materials and Methods:</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;Present study performed was in 1003 school children who are between 5-18 years old in Van city, east of Turkey. Celiac disease was investigated via rapid celiac testing (BiocardTM stick test).</p><p><strong>Results:</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;Percentages of the cases, 51.2% were female and 48.8% male.&nbsp; Test was positive in two (0.2%) patients. Ten (1%) patients had immunoglobulin A deficiency. In addition to these patients, one patient had been diagnosed as celiac disease beforehand.</p><p><strong>Conclusion:</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;The prevalence of celiac disease in Van city, east of Turkey in our study, shows a lower prevalence than in study which performed in our country previously</p> ER -