Yuh!...... seems a little like they are talking out both sides to say the antigliadin antibodies are important for monitoring gluten free diet compliance, doesn't it???

It is because the anti-tTG is specific to the villi damage, but isn't a good indicator of dietary compliance.

Positive antigliadin antibodies DO INDICATE someone is having an immunological response to gluten. They just aren't as strong of a predictor of villi damage/celiac disease.

How can they say they are meaningless in one breath, and in the next breath use the tests for follow up because they are the best measure of dietary compliance?

But it is what it is. Statistically, anti-tTG is the best test in terms of correlation with villi damage. The antigliadin antibodies are the best test for measuring dietary compliance. What is missing? common sense

This makes me nuts .

Cara