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My endoscopy biopsy looked exactly like something caused by celiac disease but my blood test came back negative, what else could it be?

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Dr. Dean Giannone
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Internal Medicine 26 years experience
Biopsy definitive.: In regards to celiac disease, the biopsy is more diagnostically reliable than the blood test, so if the blood test showed typical evidence of celiac disease, I'd believe it.
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