This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1111/eci.12916 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. DR. DAPHNE MARGONI (Orcid ID : 0000-0002-1055-7852) DR. IOANNIS PAPASSOTIRIOU (Orcid ID : 0000-0002-2126-3251) Article type : Original Paper SERUM BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR IN CHILDREN WITH COELIAC DISEASE Daphne Margoni*, Kelly Michalakakou**, Eleni Angeli*, Panagiota Pervanidou*, Christina Kanaka-Gantenbein*, George Chrousos*, Ioannis Papassotiriou**, Eleftheria Roma* *First Department of Pediatrics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, “Aghia Sophia” Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece **Department of Clinical Biochemistry, “Aghia Sophia” Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece Correspondent author: Daphne Margoni, MD First Department of Pediatrics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, “Aghia Sophia” Children’s Hospital, Thivon and Levadias Str Athens 11527, Greece Tel: +306973371249 Email: daphnemarg@hotmail.com