Research Article
The Use of Biopsy and “No-Biopsy” Approach for Diagnosing Paediatric Coeliac Disease in the Central European Region
Table 1
Data on serological testing in symptomatic patients diagnosed with CD who underwent duodenal biopsies in Central Europe.
| | Croatia () | Germany () | Hungary () | Italy () | Slovenia () | Central Europe () |
| | “No-biopsy” approach, (% of all patients) | 4 (6.9%) | 12 (22.6%) | 64 (21.2%) | 10 (16.4%) | 17 (37.8%) | 107 (20.6%) | | Duodenal biopsy, (% of all patients) | 54∏ (93.1%) | 41 (77.4%) | 238 (78.8%) | 51 (83.6%) | 28∏ (62.2%) | 412 (79.4%) | | times ULN | | | | | | | | Yes (% within a group) | 16 (29.6%) | 21 (51.2%) | 139 (58.4%) | 27 (52.9%) | 11 (39.3%) | 214 (51.9%) | | No (% within a group) | 23 (42.6%) | 8 (19.5%) | 72 (30.3%) | 21 (41.2%) | 15 (53.6%) | 139 (33.7%) | | Unclear (% within a group) | 15 (27.8%) | 12 (29.3%) | 27 (11.3%) | 3 (5.9%) | 2 (7.1%) | 59 (14.3%) |
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