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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Wisconsin
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Senior Member (jccglutenfree)
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 1,581
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Yep, blood tests are good but not perfect.
I used to hear in a perfect world that anti-endomysial and anti-tTG should be consistent, but they aren't always. Which is why a thorough doctor will run them all. I know in our case, only the anti-tTG was run, yet I believe it can go both ways (negative anti-tTG and positive anti-endomysial)
It is also why it makes me a little crazy that some of our major celiac centers (like a very windy one) suggest all is needed is a single anti-tTG test.
Recommendations for testing come down to picking what is considered the BEST TEST OVERALL to contain cost, but it is a shame that it comes down certain people falling through the cracks because no test is 100% accurate.
Cara
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