<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> ECONOMIC FACTORS IN CELIAC DISEASE We determined that a gluten-free diet involved considerable burdens to patients. Our study in several major cities throughout the United States revealed that gluten-free food was much less available than its regular gluten containing counterpart in different types of food stores. In this we compared the internet, upscale gourmet shops and average grocery stores. In addition, gluten-free food was more expensive than its regular gluten containing counterpart. The lack of availability and financial burden placed on patients may well be an impediment to adequate dietary management of celiac disease. This is in direct contrast to countries that support the gluten-free diet as part of a pharmaceutical benefit. This work was published in the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, October 2007. MAJOR REVIEWS Major reviews on celiac disease were published in the New England Journal of Medicine and Autoimmunity. Editorials were published in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the American Journal of Gastroenterology. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS 1: Naiyer AJ, Hernandez L, Ciaccio EJ, Papadakis K, Manavalan JS, Bhagat G, Green PH. Comparison of Commercially Available Serologic Kits for the Detection of Celiac Disease. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2008 Aug 21. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 18724250 2: Ciaccio EJ, Bhagat G, Naiyer AJ, Hernandez L, Green PH. Quantitative assessment of the degree of villous Atrophy in patients with Celiac disease. J Clin Pathol. 2008 Jul 19. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 18641407 3: Green PH. Celiac disease: how many biopsies for diagnosis? Gastrointest Endosc. 2008 Jun;67(7):1088-90. No abstract available. PMID: 18513550 4: Alaedini A, Green PH. Autoantibodies in celiac disease. Autoimmunity. 2008 Feb;41(1):19-26. Review. PMID: 18176861 5: Bhagat G, Naiyer AJ, Shah JG, Harper J, Jabri B, Wang TC, Green PH, Manavalan JS. Small intestinal CD8+TCRgammadelta+NKG2A+ intraepithelial lymphocytes have attributes of regulatory cells in patients with celiac disease. J Clin Invest. 2008 Jan;118(1):281-93. PMID: 18064301 6: Green PH, Cellier C. Celiac disease. N Engl J Med. 2007 Oct 25;357(17):1731-43. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 17960014 7: Hwang E, McBride R, Neugut AI, Green PH. Sarcoidosis in patients with celiac disease. Dig Dis Sci. 2008 Apr;53(4):977-81. Epub 2007 Oct 13. PMID: 17934825 8: Lee AR, Ng DL, Zivin J, Green PH. Economic burden of a gluten-free diet. J Hum Nutr Diet. 2007 Oct;20(5):423-30. PMID: 17845376 9: Harper JW, Holleran SF, Ramakrishnan R, Bhagat G, Green PH. Anemia in celiac disease is multifactorial in etiology. Am J Hematol. 2007 Nov;82(11):996-1000. PMID: 17636474 10: Green PH. Where are all those patients with Celiac disease? Am J Gastroenterol. 2007 Jul;102(7):1461-3. Review. PMID: 17593160 11: Brar P, Lee S, Lewis S, Egbuna I, Bhagat G, Green PH. Budesonide in the treatment of refractory celiac disease. Am J Gastroenterol. 2007 Oct;102(10):2265-9. Epub 2007 Jun 20. PMID: 17581265 12: Hernandez L, Johnson TC, Naiyer AJ, Kryszak D, Ciaccio EJ, Min A, Bodenheimer HC Jr, Brown RS Jr, Fasano A, Green PH. Chronic hepatitis C virus and celiac disease, is there an association? Dig Dis Sci. 2008 Jan;53(1):256-61. Epub 2007 Jun 5. PMID: 17549632 13: Alaedini A, Okamoto H, Briani C, Wollenberg K, Shill HA, Bushara KO, Sander HW, Green PH, Hallett M, Latov N. Immune cross-reactivity in celiac disease: anti-gliadin antibodies bind to neuronal synapsin I. J Immunol. 2007 May 15;178(10):6590-5. PMID: 17475890 14: Goldberg D, Kryszak D, Fasano A, Green PH. Screening for celiac disease in family members: is follow-up testing necessary? Dig Dis Sci. 2007 Apr;52(4):1082-6. Epub 2007 Feb 16. PMID: 17380406 *Support summarization of posts, reply to the SENDER not the Celiac List * Archives are at: Http://Listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?LIST=CELIAC