Coeliac genetic testing: prone to misuse

Porter, Neil J; Tran, Huy A; Reeves, Glenn E M

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03594.x

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To the Editor: Optimism about our growing ability to recognise coeliac disease (CD) is tempered by a worrying trend towards misuse of genetic testing for CD risk, as illustrated by this salutary case.

1 John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW.
2 Hunter Area Pathology Service, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW.

Correspondence: glenn.reeves@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au

Competing interests:

Hunter Area Pathology Service performs diagnostic tests for coeliac disease, including serology and genetic testing.

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