Russ H
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Russ H's post in Body physique was marked as the answer
Hello lavranso4,
Your don't say what your sex is. It is common for men with untreated coeliac disease to experience androgen resistance where the body tissues stop responding to testosterone. Typically people will show raised... -
Russ H's post in Trouble understanding bloodwork - Only Have High DGA IgG and High IGA Serum was marked as the answer
Isolated IgG DGP antibodies are not very specific for coeliac disease. In people under the age of 18, has a positive predictive value (PPV) of about 3% The small study below estimates a PPV of between 2.3% and 51.8% in adults (the large... -
Russ H's post in Accepting, adjusting... was marked as the answer
This paper indicates that in combination with DQ2, DQ6 can increase positive predictive value by 50%. Looks like whoever is doing the genetic testing is on the ball in this case as it is a quite recent finding.
https://www.ncbi...