Celiac Disease IGA Deficiency | Evaluating a Patient

Evaluating a Patient for Celiac Disease in Presence of IgA Deficiency

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Are you evaluating a patient with clinical signs and symptoms of celiac disease?

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Have you measured the total serum IgA concentration?

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Serum IgA concentration

mg/dL g/L

Does the patient have IgA antiendomysial antibodies (IgA EMA)?

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Does the patient have IgA tissue transglutaminase antibodies (IgA tTG)?

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Evaluating a Patient for Celiac Disease in Presence of IgA Deficiency

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Purpose:

To identify a patient with clinical evidence of celiac disease who may have false negative serological testing because of IgA deficiency.

Specialty

Objective

ICD-10

References

Interpretation and Description

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