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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Queens, NY
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Magnate
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Queens, NY
Posts: 2,857
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The GF4 IGG
--is, I believe, part of an allergy panel and tests for allergy to wheat, but is not specific to autoimmune reaction to gluten peptides.
Pabb is correct; that elevated IgA often happens in celiacs (and a number of other conditions), and it looks like they only did the anti-transglutaminase IgA to look for frank celiac, as this is the test most often associated with frank villous damage. Still, as many as 20% of biopsy-proven celiacs have negative anti-transglutaminase test results . . .
They probably should at least run an anti-glidain IgA and IgG--more sensitive to overall autoimmune reaction to gluten, though less specific.
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