Carlo Catassi

TL;DR: The aim of the new guidelines for coeliac disease was to achieve a high diagnostic accuracy and to reduce the burden for patients and their families.

TL;DR: The current gold standard for the diagnosis of CD remains histologic confirmation of the intestinal damage in serologically positive individuals, and the keystone treatment of CD patients is a lifelong elimination diet in which food products containing gluten are avoided.

TL;DR: This review will summarize the current knowledge about the three main forms of gluten reactions: allergic (wheat allergy), autoimmune (celiac disease, dermatitis herpetiformis and gluten ataxia) and possibly immune-mediated (gluten sensitivity), and also outline pathogenic, clinical and epidemiological differences and propose new nomenclature and classifications.

TL;DR: In a systematic review and meta‐analysis, celiac disease is found to be reported worldwide and there is a need for population‐based prevalence studies in many countries.

TL;DR: Screening in a school district in central Italy can detect large numbers of cases of coeliac disease, which can be treated with a gluten-free diet and would not be detected by screening only a selected group of at-risk patients.