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Fri 2005-02-11 17:38
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[identity profile] antinomy.livejournal.comFri 2005-02-11 17:59
What were the tests, ooi? Did they just diagnose on bloods or have you had repeat biopsies?

Some of the reading I did suggested that blood tests alone are fine as a screening tool but not terribly useful for diagnosing individual cases.
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[personal profile] simontFri 2005-02-11 18:50
Indeed, that was what the guy I saw said too. They did an endoscopy and took biopsies.

(I'm not sure what you mean by "repeat" biopsies. I get to go back in six months' time after not eating gluten, and then they take further biopsies to see whether things are going back to normal in my duodenum.)
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[identity profile] antinomy.livejournal.comFri 2005-02-11 18:53
That's what I mean by repeat, yes - that you take them again after a period of gluten exclusion.

Good, that seems to be the gold-standard for diagnosis.
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