Anthony F Porto
Yale University School of Medicine, USA
Title: Celiac disease and gluten related disorders: Understanding what’s new with this new ‘old’ disease
Biography
Biography: Anthony F Porto
Abstract
Gluten-related disorders include celiac disease, wheat allergy and non-celiac gluten sensitivity. Though celiac diseasernaffects approximately 1% of the population, many more children are following a gluten-free diet. Understanding how tornevaluate children for celiac disease and other gluten-related disorders is important for both general pediatricians and pediatricrngastroenterologists. Though the gluten free diet is the only current therapy available for children with celiac disease, newerrnpotential therapies that are being developed will be reviewed. Two pilot studies to assess baseline practitioner evaluation,diagnosis and treatment practices were performed. Development of teaching modules will be important to address gaps inrncurrent management practices.
