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Should Everybody Be Tested for Celiac Disease?
Not only does celiac disease cause abdominal pain, diarrhea, and bloating—untreated disease leads to progressive bone loss and derangements, increasing the risk for early osteoporosis and fractures of the hip and vertebrae. The June issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology … Continue reading
Posted in GI Tract, Technology
Tagged antibody, assay, Celiac Disease, efficacy, IgA, risk factor, Screening, serologic, serum, sprue, testing, tTG
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It’s Not Easy to Diagnose Intermediate-Stage Liver Fibrosis
Biopsy has a low level of diagnostic performance for liver fibrosis stages F2 and F1. The recommendation for biopsy analysis, instead of non-invasive tests, for diagnosis of intermediate stages of fibrosis is therefore misleading, according to the June issue of … Continue reading
Posted in Liver/Biliary, Technology
Tagged Cirrhosis, diagnostic, HBV, HCV, hepatitis progression, Inflammation, liver disease, pathology anlysis, prognostis, response to therapy, testing
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