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Thank you all for the many, many nice replies.  They were very helpful.
Most people thought that 2nd degree relatives definitely should be tested
although a few disagreed.  Many said that they or one of their children's
only symptom was constipation.  One person said that Dr. Fasano had
informed them that asymptomatic children under 2 years old should not be
tested because their immune systems were not fully developed.
Suggestions made included typing a statement for the doctor to sign that
he refused to do a celiac test, doing a mouth swab gene test
(www.finerhealth.com  for $49) or enterlab's stool test.

The following were recommended references:

1)Fasano's study:
Homepage:
http://archinte.ama-assn.org/
HTML version:
http://archinte.ama-assn.org/issues/v163n3/rfull/ioi20641.html

PDF version:
(Use Adobe Acrobat Reader for a formatted magazine quality printout)
http://archinte.ama-assn.org/issues/v163n3/rpdf/ioi20641.pdf

Archives of Internal Medicine
Vol. 163, N0. 3
February 10. 2003
pages 286-292
From the Spring 2003 issue of "Lifelines Vol XXIII, NO II by CSA/USA

2)the Spring 2003 issue of "Lifelines Vol XXIII, NO II by CSA/USA
"Center of Celiac Research estimates that celiac disease occurs in at
least one out of every 133 people in the United States!"
by Michelle Maria Pietzak, M.D., Asst Prof. of Peds., Children's Hospital
Los Angeles, University of So. Calif. Keck School of Medicine

3) http://www.aafp.org/afp/98030/ap/pruessn.html

4) http://www.aafp.org/afp/200212215/2259.html

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