TY - BOOK AU - Marwa Mohammed AbdAlaleem Mohammed AU - Ayman Emil Eskander , AU - Hend Mohamed Moataz Elsherbeny , AU - Mona Ahmed Abuzekry , TI - Validation of the rapid test 2Point of Care Test3 for the diagnosis of celiac disease compared to the standard diagnostics / PY - 2020/// CY - Cairo : PB - Marwa Mohammed AbdalAleem Mohammed , KW - Anno Domini (AD) KW - Celiac disease KW - Point of Care Test N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine. - Department of Pediatrics; Issued also as CD N2 - Celiac disease is prevalent worldwide and the estimated prevalence in Egyptian children in this study is 3 %. The anthropometric measurements and follow-up of the cases in this study showed that 66.6 % of the diagnosed celiac disease patients were below the 3rd weight for age percentile and 60% of them were below the 3rd height for age percentile compared to only 31.9% of non-celiac cases. The most common presentation of the classical signs and symptoms of celiac disease in the diagnosed cases was failure to gain weight (93.3 %), followed by diarrhea (86.8 %) abdominal discomfort (75 %), abdominal distension (60 %) and vomiting (60 %) UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -