Paul Siba P, Spray Christine
Specialty Trainee Year 7 in Paediatric Gastroenterology.
Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2014 May;75(5):268-70. doi: 10.12968/hmed.2014.75.5.268.
Small bowel biopsies and histology had been the gold standard for diagnosis of coeliac disease, an immune-mediated systemic disorder. European guidelines recommend that in certain symptomatic patients, coeliac disease can be diagnosed without small bowel biopsies. A gluten-free diet is the only method of managing coeliac disease.
