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Review
. 2011 Summer;4(3):102-8.

Subclinical celiac disease and gluten sensitivity

Mohammad Rostami Nejad  1 , Sabine Hogg-Kollars  2 , Sauid Ishaq  3 , Kamran Rostami  4
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Review

Subclinical celiac disease and gluten sensitivity

Mohammad Rostami Nejad et al. Gastroenterol Hepatol Bed Bench. 2011 Summer.

Abstract

Atypical presentation is the most common form of celiac disease (CD). Although the terminologies like latent, silent and potential have expressed different aspects of clinical and pathological behaviour of CD, they also have contributed in some extent to confusion between clinicians and patients due to the multiple definitions and uncertainty around them. In the light of new advances and the discovery of entities such as non-celiac gluten sensitivity, using subclinical instead of silent and atypical instead of potential/latent may simplify the understanding behind the clinical behaviour of atypical CD. The evidence behind a lower threshold for starting a gluten free diet (GFD) in non-celiac gluten sensitive patients would strongly support applying a GFD treatment strategy in any forms of CD.

Keywords: Atypical; Celiac disease; Gluten sensitivity; Microscopic enteritis; Subclinical.

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Celiac and non-celiac gluten sensitivity * Suclinical: previously known as silent and atypical as known under latent and potential CD
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