Use of a threshold serum level of anti-gliadin antibodies improves diagnostic efficiency of the test in adult coeliac disease but is unreliable as a screening test

Italian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 70-75

  Picarelli, A ^a   Triglione, P ^a   Mariani, P ^a   Di Giovambattista, F ^a   Greco, M ^a   Gurnari, M ^a   Paoluzi, P ^a   Bonamico, M ^a   Ballati, G ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adult coelic disease; Anti gliadin antibodies; ROC analysis

Indexed keywords

GLIADIN ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JEJUNUM BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELIAC DISEASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLIADIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; JEJUNUM; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029896681     PISSN: 03920623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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