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...
Torbjörn Lind, Bo Lönnerdal, Lars Åke Persson, Hans Stenlund et al.
Background Weaning foods frequently contain phytate, an inhibitor of iron and zinc absorption, which may contribute to the high prevalence of iron and zinc deficiency seen in infancy. Objective The objective was to investigate whether either an extensive reduction in the phytate content of infant ce...
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