1. The coeliac disease task force " Free from Gluten," " Improved knowledge to cure coeliac disease".
- Author
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Greco L and Percopo S
- Subjects
- Adult, Celiac Disease diet therapy, Celiac Disease economics, Celiac Disease epidemiology, Child, Cohort Effect, Cost of Illness, Disease Susceptibility, Food Hypersensitivity epidemiology, Food Hypersensitivity prevention & control, Fund Raising, Glutens administration & dosage, Humans, Incidence, Italy epidemiology, Mass Screening economics, Organizations economics, Patient Advocacy trends, Population Dynamics, Prevalence, Selection, Genetic, Celiac Disease prevention & control, Glutens adverse effects
- Abstract
Gluten has recently been introduced into the diet of the Mediterranean and European population, but a considerable proportion has not adapted to this change and has developed intolerance to gluten. At least one million EEC citizens are gluten intolerant. In Italy each year 12 million ECU is spent in the diagnosis of uncomplicated gluten intolerance, 10 million ECU for complex diagnosis and 32 million ECU for long-term complications and malignancies. The total financial load of gluten intolerance, in its present state, is about 150 million ECU/year in Italy. Four million ECU is actually needed to develop a genetic probe, which may make the population screening feasible. A National Task Force "Free from Gluten" has been set up by the Italian Coeliac Society to stimulate fund-raising activities supporting genetic and basic research on gluten intolerance.
- Published
- 1996
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