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Table 7 Management of CD among gastroenterologists

From: Validation study of villous atrophy and small intestinal inflammation in Swedish biopsy registers

Topic

≥ 9 out of 10 patients

5–8/10 patients

1–4/10 patients

No patient/

never

Total*

Biopsy performed prior to CD diagnosis

172 (96)

7 (4)

0 (0)

1 (0.6)

180

Control biopsy performed to verify mucosal healing on gluten-free diet

64 (36)

29 (16)

57 (32)

30 (17)

180

Gluten provocation and third biopsy performed

1 (0.6)

1 (0.6)

16 (9)

161 (90)

179

CD serology is part of "my diagnostic algorithm for CD"

141 (78)

14 (8)

19 (11)

6 (3)

180

"My patients with CD" receive information about gluten-free diet by health-care personnel

164 (93)

1 (0.6)

4 (2)

7 (4)

176

  1. *Number of respondents (percentages within brackets were calculated based on these numbers).
  2. Table 7 has previously been published in the Swedish-language journal Gastrokuriren [6, 7], and is re-published after permission from that journal.