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The "Seventh International Symposium on Coeliac Disease" was held last
September in Tampere, Finland.  Last fall, the list gave you an "eye-witness"
account of the symposium, as dictated by Dr.  Joseph Murray and then
transcribed and edited by Ann Whelan (publisher of Gluten-Free Living).

At the symposium, abstracts of all the various studies and reports were
handed out in a thick publication entitled simply, "Free Paper Abstracts".
The Tri-County Celiac Sprue Support Group has published an article that
summarizes and in some cases interprets some of the more important
information covered in these abstracts (special thanks to Jim Lyles for this
work!).  It covers topics such as where celiac research is (and isn't)
happening, the prevalence of CD, possible techniques for diagnosing CD in
those who are already on a GF diet, alternative approaches to the endomysial
antibody tests, other problems associated with CD, and thoughts about the
oats question.  The article has been reviewed by Drs.  Joseph Murray and
Thomas Alexander.

The article is available as a reference file on the listserve.  To obtain a
copy by e-mail, send a message to [log in to unmask] containing
the following line:

   GET CELIAC TAMPERE

The article is also available at our web site:

   http://rdz.stjohns.edu/library/medic/celiac/index.html

For those who want to read the complete articles that the summary touches on,
the official proceedings from the Tampere conference will be available for
purchase by the Finland conference organizers in the next few months.  We
will let the list know how much it costs and how to order them as soon as we
learn the details.

Bill Elkus
Los Angeles