The Second International Novo Nordisk Symposium on Diabetes in Childhood and Adolescence
Copenhagen, Denmark, May 31-June 2, 2001
Guest Editors: M. Silink, Sydney; S. Arslanian, Pittsburgh, Pa.; T. Danne, Hannover; K. Kida, Ehime; M. Knip, Helsinki; P. Swift, Leicester

Meet-the-Expert Session

Coeliac Disease in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes mellitus: To Screen or Not, to Treat or Not?
Edith Schober, Birgit Rami, Gerhard Granditsch, Julia Crone

University Children's Hospital Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Address of Corresponding Author

Horm Res 2002;57:97-100 (DOI: 10.1159/000053325)

  Key Words

• Type 1 diabetes mellitus
• Coeliac disease
• Screening
• Antiendomysium antibody

  Abstract

Coeliac disease is more prevalent in individuals with type 1 diabetes mellitus than in the normal population. It often presents in an atypical or silent form. Specific autoantibodies are found in almost all cases. Untreated coeliac disease may be associated with long-term health risks, so screening and early treatment with a gluten-free diet seem to be justified. However, extended follow-up is needed to document the clinical benefits of screening and treatment in diabetic patients.

Copyright © 2002 S. Karger AG, Basel

  Author Contacts

Dr. Edith Schober
Universitätskinderklinik
Währingergürtel 18-20
A-1090 Vienna (Austria)
Tel. +43 1 40400 3232, Fax +43 1 40400 3238, E-Mail edith.schober@akh-wien.ac.at

  Article Information

Number of Print Pages : 4
Number of Figures : 0, Number of Tables : 2, Number of References : 34