ESPE Abstracts

Up to 10 % of short stature has been estimated to be due to celiac disease. Celiac disease has been considered a rare condition outside of the Western world but recent publications (Singh P et al, Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2018 Jun 16 (6): 823-836, Yuan J et al, Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2017 Oct;15(10): 1572-1579) have shown that celiac disease is also present in Asians. While Tissue Transglutaminase IgA (tTg-IgA) has been considered to be a sufficiently sensitive test to e...

Celiac Disease is being increasingly recognised among Asians, but the spectrum of presentation may differ from that of Caucasian populations. The clinical phenotypes of celiac disease and diseases of gluten intolerance have not been well studied in Singaporean patients. We describe the clinical, biochemical and genetic phenotype of each seropositive individuals from a single private sector paediatric endocrinology clinic in Singapore over the period 2008 to 2020. These 67 pati...