Beyond diagnosis: exploring coeliac disease incidence alongside clinical and laboratory characteristics of newly diagnosed children in Slovenia.

Objective: Coeliac disease is characterized by a wide array of clinical presentations. The focus of our study was to comprehensively assess the clinical manifestations of coeliac disease in newly diagnosed children in Slovenia. Our objectives include estimating the incidence of the disease in children in 2022.

Insights into coeliac disease diagnosis: a 2021-2023 overview of diagnostic approach and delays in children in Slovenia.

Introduction: Over the past decade, the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN) proposed the option of diagnosing coeliac disease (CD) in children without duodenal biopsy. The aim of our study was to assess the diagnostic approach in newly diagnosed children with CD in Slovenia.

Methods: In this prospective study, Slovenian paediatric gastroenterologists were invited to provide medical records of children under 19 years diagnosed with CD from March 2021 to October 2023.