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Diagnosis

Coeliac disease is nearly always diagnosed by a gastroenterologist. Until recently coeliac disease could only be detected after years of symptoms by an intestinal biopsy. The new test measures antibodies in the blood to gluten and gliaden in the diet and damaged endomysial muscle in the bowel. The anti-gliaden antibodies disappear with a gluten free diet but the endomysial antibodies persist in all people with untreated and treated coeliac disease and so it is an excellent screening test, although not 100% accurate.