Prevalence of in Turkish children with celiac disease and its effect on clinical, histopathological, and laboratory parameters.

Introduction: The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of (HP) in children with celiac disease (CD) and its relationship with clinical, histopathological, and laboratory parameters.

Material And Methods: Two hundred and fifty-six patients with serologically and histopathologically diagnosed CD at the Pediatric Gastroenterology Department, Turkey, from January 2012 to March 2017, were included in the study, as well as 1012 patients with dyspeptic complaints. Biopsies of the duodenum and antrum were taken; the existence of HP and the histological level of damage were studied.