<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 16 Jun 1995 09:37:03 +0100 (GMT+0100) From: Zalo Odriozola <[log in to unmask]> To: Kristine Renee Penner <[log in to unmask]> This is a message from Zalo regarding the diagnosis of his daughter. He had questions I didn't have answers for. I'm leaving for the summer, and won't be on e-mail anymore, but he can read English (slowly), so go ahead and respond to him. Laura (my daughter) is doing well following the diet, after 3 biopsies (one to test if the intestine was bad, one after eliminating gluten from the diet, and one more after a gluten challenge). It's about a year since she was diagnosed definitively. In the U.S., how many biopsies do they do before making a definitive diagnosis? How many gluten challenges followed by posterior biopsies? Once they have made the definitive diagnosis, how many blood tests to see if the patient is ingesting gluten? They do blood tests for the antibodies once a year on my daughter, but the doctor said that won't be necessary anymore. When Laura did the gluten challenge, she didn't experience esternal problems - only intestinal damage. But it seems that could be common. . GONZALO ODRIOZOLA GOMEZ Tel (942) 20.11.85 Universidad de Cantabria Fax (942) 20.11.83 Biblioteca Universitaria [log in to unmask] ..................................................... (Zalo - ya se que esto no es exactamente lo que dijiste; combine dos de tus mensajes. Espero que este bien contigo. Voy a salir hoy para regresar a mi casa, y alli no tengo e-mail. Lo siento. Espero que vas a continuar con la lista. Me ha dado mucha informacion. Si tienes mas preguntas sobre palabras, o cualquier informacion, mi direccion en casa es Kristine Penner 955 El Campo Dr. Pasadena, CA 91107 !Ciao!