Symptoms and signs have changed in Swedish children with coeliac disease.

Objective: To examine symptoms and signs in children with coeliac disease and determine whether the clinical picture at disease onset has changed as incidence of the disease has decreased in the last 10 years. This project was part of the ABIS study (All Babies in Southeast Sweden, born from October 1997 to October 1999).

Methods: Eight paediatric departments in Southeast Sweden recorded all children with coeliac disease and registered symptoms according to a standard form.