Gary W. Hamilton

Thanks trents and Scott. This forum has already paid off for me. I did get an endoscopy including 6 biopsies. It confirmed the diagnosis of Celiac disease. Obviously this is a life changing diagnosis so I have been very skeptical. The same doctor who ordered the blood test performed the endoscopy (an independent pathology lab provided the biopsy results...

Thanks for correlating the total IGA and tTG-IGA. Your simple explanation of reliability of the tTG-IGA is very helpful. Since the Endomysial IgA Ab was negative I was questioning the diagnosis. The reason for my questioning the diagnosis is that I am 65 years old and only started having significant stomach and digestive issues for the past year or so...

Thanks for the quick response. tTG-IgA value 19 U/mL Standard Range: 0-3 U/mL Negative 0-3 Weak Positive 4-10 Positive >10 Immunoglobulin A, Qn, Serum value 268mg/dL Standard Range: 61-437 mg/dL

Here are my blood test results. What is the verdict? Is this a standard test series? Endomysial IgA Ab value: Negative Transglutaminase (tTG) IgA value: 19U/mL Immunoglobulin A, Qn, Serum value: 268 mg/dL