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"Christine R. Childs" <[log in to unmask]> wrote, regarding her
6(?)-year-old son's recent history:
 
C> Went back to the gastroenterologist about 3 weeks ago, he had just
C> *heard* about some new blood tests that could be used to detect
C> celiac disease.  We challenged him with 6 poptarts that weekend (Lohr
C> thought they were heaven, he is allergic to yeast, so no bread!)  and
C> the blood tests were run on monday - they all came back negative.
 
So after being on a GF diet for an extended time, gluten was ingested
over a single weekend and then the tests were run?  I am no medical
expert, but I am virtually certain that the celiac blood tests would not
be useful in these conditions.  Only after ingesting gluten for a long
time would the celiac blood tests be of value.  Under the conditions
you describe, I would always expect a negative result.  Of course, this
is only the opinion of a layperson...
 
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