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Last week I called EnteroLab because I was concerned when I heard about the German study that invalidated stool tests for CD in children.  I had just spent $1500 to test my 3 kids.  Thank you to everyone who responded to me, both in favor of and opposed to Dr. Fine's research conclusions.  I spoke with Phyllis.  I asked:

Is Dr. Fine's test different from the German test?  Her answer was that Dr. Fine's test is patented, so he's the only one testing the way he does.  His test is a completely different test from the ones in the German study.  It's a different test and a different procedure.  

While I had her on the phone I was curious about a couple of things.  Since I'm gene testing my kids I wondered if they need the double gene to get CD. She said "no" and 1% of the population has the disease without the genes, so there's a gene combination that they don't know about yet.  

Here's info supplied by listmates:

1.  One person said the IgM antibody test diagnosed her.

2.  Another said:  ...there's a new "instant" CD and gluten intolerance test which has been
developed/used in Europe.  The Medscape article on it is:
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/513809 and it seems to correlate highly
with the conventional celiac panel.  It uses a drop or two of blood and not
fecal material.  Patients have to be actively consuming gluten at the time
of the test.

York Labs http://www.yorkallergyusa.com/ is the only US seller of it.  ... No doctor prescription is required - and it's relatively cheap.
The kits are sold under the name cdSCAN IgA Tissue Transglutaminase (tTG)
Autoantibody Assay .

3.  read Dr. Fine's complete patent http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=enterolab&OS=enterolab&RS=enterolab.  
Dr. Fine is giving a seminar in Dallas in March http://www.intestinalhealth.org/ 

4. flowchart on diagnosing celiac at  http://www.aafp.org/afp/20021215/2259.html  

Thanks again to all.  My mind is at ease (for now).

Regards,
Marian
Portland, OR






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