Susan Owens asked:

>How can it be an epidemiological study, if they are soliciting samples from
>groups that might be more likely to have it than the regular population?

There are many parts to the study. They hope to test 35,000 people. One
phase is testing relatives of biopsied celiacs. People I solicit would
probably go into statistics of what symptoms undiagnosed celiacs had, as
there is a questionnaire for this information.

They really haven't gotten started. They haven't yet hired the lab person
that will be doing the analyses, and the regular lab personnel are now
fitting them in around their regular work load.

Don.