Guest guest Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 OOPS - sent it before proofreading. This one reads better. I think you made a great decision to go this route. As a nurse and a microbiologist - I've read Dr. Fines papers and his latest publishings re his research findings and find them based on very sound science. My GI doc strongly believes in his work also - has used them to test his own family. Not only will you get genetic results regarding the two major markers ( DQ2 and DQ8) you'll also get the entire hla for these genes (DQ1 - DQ9). I'm one of the rare ones who has biopsy confirmed celiac with a DQ7/DQ7 genotype. As you probably already know - the biopsy is really not a gold standard - it can Dx celiac but the absence of findings does not rule it out. This is due to the varibalility of number and quality of samples taken and the fact that pathologists do not all use the same criteria when looking at the biopsys. I recently heard a lecture that said in people with a genetic predisposition, symptoms etc that looking at the specimans under an electron miroscope vs. a light microscope used in most labs will show structural changes in the villi missed by the standard microscope. Anyway - I'd trust your mother's instinct and the results from your enterolab tests. Keep us posted - Kerri Sneak preview the all-new Yahoo.com. It's not radically different. Just radically better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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