TY - JOUR T1 - Coeliac disease in children with Down syndrome in Ireland JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2018-314846 SP - archdischild-2018-314846 AU - Mohamed Alsaffar AU - Joanne Balfe AU - Fiona McGrane AU - Montasser Nadeem AU - Shoana Quinn AU - Eleanor Molloy Y1 - 2018/06/05 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/early/2018/06/05/archdischild-2018-314846.abstract N2 - Down syndrome (DS) is one of the most common chromosomal abnormalities with an incidence of 1:444 births.1 Ireland has the highest prevalence of DS in Europe, which may be partially explained by the legislation against termination of pregnancy.1 Individuals with DS are at higher risk of developing coeliac disease (CD) compared with the general population (5%–10% vs 1%).2 CD can be difficult to diagnose due to the frequency of asymptomatic cases, and it can be particularly difficult to identify clinically in children with DS in whom short stature, abdominal distension and constipation are common clinical features. The European Society … ER -