Doctors warn chemists' coeliac disease test could put patients at risk of false diagnosis

By Amy Corderoy
Updated October 25 2014 - 10:08am, first published October 1 2014 - 1:31pm
Doctors are concerned about a new test for coeliac disease being offered at chemists. Photo: AFR
Doctors are concerned about a new test for coeliac disease being offered at chemists. Photo: AFR

Doctors fear people could be put at risk by a new test for coeliac disease being offered at chemists around the country. They say the test, which is claimed to be 93 per cent accurate, could falsely diagnose up to half the people it identifies as having the serious medical condition.

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