Rev Esp Enferm Dig
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Ten years of follow-up of the Spanish cohort of the European PreventCD study: the lessons learned.
to evaluate the influence of gluten consumption on celiac disease development and to describe its natural history in the Spanish cohort of the European PreventCD study. ⋯ the amount of gluten intake between 11 and 36 months or the duration of breast feeding were not risk factors for the development of CD in the Spanish population. The HLA genotype and gender were the most relevant associated factors. In this at-risk group, the disease presented before two years of age in the majority of the cases with a weak clinical expression.