The controversy of the use of anti-gluten antibody (AGA) as a diagnostic tool in celiac disease

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 407-409

  Lerner, Aaron ^a   Lebenthal, Emanuel ^a  

^a HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTEN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELIAC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTESTINE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIBODIES; CELIAC DISEASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLUTEN; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0025855746     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: 15364801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005176-199105000-00001     Document Type: Editorial

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