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Can my children get celiac disease if a adult has it is it hereditrty?
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Increased Risk: Incidence of celiac sprue in this country is around 1/130. The niddk has a website for more info, first degree relatives of celiac patients are at much higher risk for developing it. http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/celiac/.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Increased risk: There are heritable predispositions but it is still more likely the child will NOT develop the disease (4 to 1).
Answered 10/24/2017
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