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We evaluated the effect of the 2012 The European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN) guideline and the diagnostic algorithm on coeliac disease diagnosis in children in the South West region of the Netherlands. All children who were evaluated for coeliac disease between 1 January 2012 (implementation date of the guideline1) and 1 January 2014 were included in this retrospective evaluation. Patients were diagnostic tested in seven general hospitals and in one university hospital. A total of 253 …
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Contributors ML: principal investigator, data collection, writer article. SDMT: data collection and review article. HMvW: data collection and review article. GT: data collection and review article. MvL: data collection and review article. ER: data collection and review article. NvdL: data collection and review article. IKG: data analysis. JE: data collection and review article. MG: data collection and review article.
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
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