Age related clinical features of childhood Coeliac disease in Australia
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>To describe the presenting clinical features of coeliac disease in a single paediatric centre, and to determine if the presenting features vary with age.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>A review was conducted of childre...
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| author | Whitten Kylie E Bohane Timothy D Stone Monique L Tobias Vivienne H Day Andrew S |
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>To describe the presenting clinical features of coeliac disease in a single paediatric centre, and to determine if the presenting features vary with age.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>A review was conducted of children who had been referred with clinical suspicion of coeliac disease to the paediatric gastroenterology department of a tertiary paediatric hospital in Sydney, Australia. Coeliac disease was defined using standard histological criteria. Medical records were reviewed retrospectively.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Clinical data were available for 74 cases of proven coeliac disease. Only 9% of patients were less than 2 years of age at diagnosis. Pre-school children (age <5 years) presented with different symptoms to school children (age ≥ 5 years). The most common presenting features in younger children were diarrhoea, irritability and weight loss. However, in older children, abdominal pain was the most common presenting feature.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>We found a significant difference in the clinical features of coeliac disease in pre-school compared to school age children.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dddf9a37479142b8a761510518bdccf02022-12-21T23:27:15ZengBMCBMC Pediatrics1471-24312005-05-01511110.1186/1471-2431-5-11Age related clinical features of childhood Coeliac disease in AustraliaWhitten Kylie EBohane Timothy DStone Monique LTobias Vivienne HDay Andrew S<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>To describe the presenting clinical features of coeliac disease in a single paediatric centre, and to determine if the presenting features vary with age.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>A review was conducted of children who had been referred with clinical suspicion of coeliac disease to the paediatric gastroenterology department of a tertiary paediatric hospital in Sydney, Australia. Coeliac disease was defined using standard histological criteria. Medical records were reviewed retrospectively.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Clinical data were available for 74 cases of proven coeliac disease. Only 9% of patients were less than 2 years of age at diagnosis. Pre-school children (age <5 years) presented with different symptoms to school children (age ≥ 5 years). The most common presenting features in younger children were diarrhoea, irritability and weight loss. However, in older children, abdominal pain was the most common presenting feature.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>We found a significant difference in the clinical features of coeliac disease in pre-school compared to school age children.</p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2431/5/11 |
| spellingShingle | Whitten Kylie E Bohane Timothy D Stone Monique L Tobias Vivienne H Day Andrew S Age related clinical features of childhood Coeliac disease in Australia BMC Pediatrics |
| title | Age related clinical features of childhood Coeliac disease in Australia |
| title_full | Age related clinical features of childhood Coeliac disease in Australia |
| title_fullStr | Age related clinical features of childhood Coeliac disease in Australia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Age related clinical features of childhood Coeliac disease in Australia |
| title_short | Age related clinical features of childhood Coeliac disease in Australia |
| title_sort | age related clinical features of childhood coeliac disease in australia |
| url | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2431/5/11 |
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