Coeliac Disease and Gluten-Related Disorders

Annalisa Schiepatti is a researcher with the faculty of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Pavia, Pavia Italy. Her major areas of research include coeliac disease and its complications, Whipple’s Disease and other rare enteropathies causing severe malabsorption. Professor David Sanders is Professor of Gastroenterology at The University of Sheffield and an NHS consultant based in The Academic Unit of Gastroenterology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital. He is the current Chair of the Coeliac UK Health Advisory Council, BSG Council Member and President of the International Society for the Study of Coeliac Disease (ISSCD). He is a medical doctor, international researcher and author with a longstanding clinical and research experience in the field of coeliac disease and gluten-related disorders.

1. Epidemiology and clinical features of coeliac disease in adults 2. Pediatric coeliac disease 3. Pathogenesis of coeliac disease – a disorder driven by gluten-specific CD4+ T cells 4. Seronegative villous atrophy 5. Nonresponsive and complicated coeliac disease 6. New perspectives on the diagnosis of adulthood coeliac disease 7. Non-dietary therapies for coeliac disease 8. Dermatitis herpetiformis – a cutaneous manifestation of coeliac disease 9. Noncoeliac gluten sensitivity 10. Pediatric noncoeliac gluten sensitivity 11. Neurological manifestations of gluten-related disorders 12. The role of gluten in multiple sclerosis, psoriasis, autoimmune thyroid disease and type 1 diabetes 13. Irritable bowel syndrome