Celiac Disease Foundation (CDF) Medical Advisory Board Member Alessio Fasano, MD, and CDF Research Grant Award Recipient Marisa Stahl, MD, are among the leading celiac disease doctors and researchers who are recommending that celiac disease patients be tested for other autoimmune disorders.
As reported in Medscape, Dr. Fasano said “there has been a ‘shift in the paradigm in thinking’ about cross-screening for CeD (sic) and autoimmune disorders. As result, he believes the answer to the question of whether to routinely do so is a no-brainer. ‘The bottom line is, if you have CeD, it [should be] routine that during your annual follow-ups you check for the possibility of the onset of other autoimmune disease.’”
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