Cercare la celiachia con il test rapido:
l’esperienza serba

Coeliac disease (CD) is a very common condition involving approximately 1% of the population. The availability of a rapid and inexpensive test for the diagnosis of CD has several possible implications. Among these, the potential use of the rapid test in a case finding setting. The Authors report the results of the first case finding study for CD that was carried out in Serbia. On the whole, 256 paediatric patients were involved. The rapid test was positive in 12% of the cases, negative in 88%. The test gave 38% of false negatives, 12.9% of false positives and 49% of real positive cases.The Authors conclude that the test is a useful tool in the diagnosis of CD and discuss possible issues.