Celiac disease seropositivity in Saharawi children: a follow-up and family study.

Background: Celiac disease (CD) is a common disease in the Saharawi population of Arab-Berber origin. Saharawi patients with CD and their families were invited to participate in a follow-up study aimed at checking the CD serology status in patients being treated with the gluten-free diet (GFD) and investigating the prevalence of CD in first-degree relatives.

Patients And Methods: We investigated 975 subjects (62.