date:May 17, 2012
dy of the incidence of coeliac disease in the Indian population.
A group of researchers led by Govind Makharia et al at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi reported the results of one such study in the May 2011 issue of the Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. According to their results, coeliac disease in this north Indian community is 1 in 96, or about 1%. That means that coeliac disease may be more common than is recognised in India, and that rates may be about t