<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> I have noticed that some people refer to using oats in celiac children as though that were generally acceptable. I do not beleive that to be so. There have been some studies that have shown oats to damaging to children with celiac disease. The preliminary report in the new england journal of medicine I do not interpret as a license to eat oats for all or even many celiacs. The study looked at a small amout of specially prepared oats in adults without severe celiac disease. No conclusions can be drwn about children from this study. I am not recommending to my patients that they can eat oats. There needs to be a lot more infomration available before oats can be used freely if at all by celiacs. If a patient want s to use oats I suggest that follow up biopsies would be prudent. No body knows if the antibody tests availalbe will be sufficient for the purpose. Joe Murray Not medical advice