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9876-15_ Laboratory Tests for Celiac Disease
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Description: Examine the use of antibodies against transglutaminase, gliadin and endomysium in making the diagnosis of celiac disease.
Start Date: Upon registration
Completion: Up to 52 weeks
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FREE FOR MEMBERS!

Course includes study material and exam.

Description: Examine the use of antibodies against transglutaminase, gliadin and endomysium in making the diagnosis of celiac disease. 

Start Date: Upon registration

Completion: Up to 52 weeks

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Learning Outcomes:

  • List the common mechanisms associated with various malabsorption syndromes
  • Describe the underlying cause of celiac disease
  • Outline the abnormality seen in the small intestine biopsy in typical celiac disease
  • List the major complications that arise in patients with celiac disease
  • Discuss the issues involved with determining to prevalence of celiac disease worldwide
  • List the proteins of interest that play a role in the etiology of celiac disease
  • Describe in detail the nature of the autoantibodies found in the serum of patients with celiac disease
  • Discuss the approaches used to make a definitive laboratory diagnosis of celiac disease
  • Describe briefly the changing patterns of celiac disease from the laboratory point of view
  • Present and discuss the questions that arise now that adequate serological testing has become widespread

 

Author: John Chapman, FCSMLS, FIMLS, CLSp(H)

Version Date: September 2015

 

PEP hours: 11

CPS credits: 0.55

*Note: PEP hours and/or CPS credits will only be awarded upon successful completion of Final Exam. 

 

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