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Hi folks,

re: my inquiry about the proper tests to ask for when I visit my doctor. The
statements below pretty much sum it up. THANKS so much to all you helpful
people:

<<For CD, ask for Anti-Gliadin (IgA and IgG)
                                Anti-Reticulin
                                Anti-endomysium
                                Transglutaminase if they have it.

Stick to the four labs mentioned in Vance's summary; they have been evaluated
by Joe Murray as the reliable ones>>>

<<Many CD patient's have HH and don't know it.  Go to www.americanhs.org for
the list to take to doctor of the tests.  Print it out for him/her to see is
the best way.  The four blood tests are:  serum ferritin, serum iron,
transaturation, TIBC   They are easy, cheap but need to be requested as they
are not on a routine blood panel.>>