eng Science and Education Publishing International Journal of Celiac Disease 2334-3486 2017-03-02 5 1 30 32 10.12691/ijcd-5-1-2 IJCD2017512 article Hakim Rahmoune rahmounehakim@gmail.com 1 Nada Boutrid 1 Mounira Amrane 2 Belkacem Bioud 2 Pediatrics Department, Setif University Hospital; Setif-1 University, Algeria Biochemistry Department, Setif University Hospital; Setif-1 University, Algeria HLA genes have been shown to be strongly associated with a large repertoir of autoimmune diseases including Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and Celiac Disease (CD). The present article will discuss what is the place of performing celiac disease associated serology in face of a rheumatologic patient, when gluten enteropaty is suspected. More specifically, should HLA be done prior to the serology? Unnecessary serial serological CD screening in such rheumatology patients could be avoided by performing an HLA typing, as a long-life marker of genetically CD-susceptible patients. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ijcd/5/1/2/ijcd-5-1-2.pdf celiac disease rheumatoid arthritis juvenile rheumatoid arthritis rheumatology HLA