Anneli Ivarsson, O Hernell, L Nyström, L Å Persson
STUDY OBJECTIVE: Coeliac disease, also called permanent gluten sensitive enteropathy, is being recognised as a widespread health problem. Defining the possible role of environmental factors in its aetiology might open doors to primary prevention. This study therefore analysed if the risk for coeliac...
Anneli Ivarsson, Lars Åke Persson, Lennarth Nyström, Olle Hernell
In the mid 1980s the incidence of coeliac disease in Swedish children below 2 years of age increased threefold within a few years, and after a 10-year high incidence period returned equally rapidly to the previous level. Analysing the epidemic with respect to any change in female to male ratio over ...
Lars Åke Persson, Anneli Ivarsson, Olle Hernell