Diagnosis of celiac disease in children under 2 years of age at first biopsy currently requires a small-bowel biopsy to be taken after a gluten challenge. The authors of a new study question these recommendations, and suggest that gluten challenge and biopsy are not required in this group of patients.
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Högberg, L., Stenhammar, L. Diagnosis criteria in young children. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 6, 447–448 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2009.111
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