Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	1397
Country	Saudi Arabia

Received	2012-12-06 19:09
Peer-Review Started	2012-12-10 11:07
To Make the First Decision	2013-01-05 12:11
Return for Revision	2013-01-08 12:43
Revised	2013-01-22 05:06
Second Decision	2013-02-06 12:14
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Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2013-02-06 12:36
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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Autobiography
Article Title	Seroprevalence of celiac disease among healthy adolescents in Saudi Arabia
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Abdulrahman M Aljebreen, Majid A Almadi, Alwaleed Alhammad and Faleh Z Al Faleh
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Corresponding Author	Abdulrahman M Aljebreen, FRCPC, FACP, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Consultant of Gastroenterology, Gastroenterology Division, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, PO Box 2925, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia. amaljebreen@gmail.com
Key Words	Celiac disease; Saudi Arabia; Prevalence; Antiendomysial antibody; Epidemiology
Core Tip	The celiac disease (CD) prevalence has progressively increased and, recently, it was proposed that it might be higher than 1 in 100. Until the 1990s, the prevalence of CD in Middle Eastern and North African countries was considered low. In this cohort of 1167 healthy young Saudi students who had anti-endomysial antibodies (EMA) test, the seroprevalence of celiac disease was 2.2% (1 in 45) and as high as 3.1% among females. Although intestinal biopsies were not available in our study, the high specificity of immunoglobulin A anti-EMA might indicate the celiac disease prevalence in Saudi Arabia might be one of the highest celiac disease prevalence rates in the world.
Publish Date	2013-04-19 20:40
Citation	Aljebreen AM, Almadi MA, Alhammad A, Al Faleh FZ. Seroprevalence of celiac disease among healthy adolescents in Saudi Arabia. World J Gastroenterol 2013; 19(15): 2374-2378
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v19/i15/2374.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v19.i15.2374

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