MALTectomy (appendectomy/tonsillectomy) does not influence the occurrence or mode of presentation of adult celiac disease

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 723-725

  O'Gorman, Peter ^b   Bennett, Deirdre ^b   Kavanagh, Eamonn ^b   Twohig, Lorraine B ^b   O'Sullivan, Gerald C ^b   O'Regan, Paud ^b   Shanahan, Fergus ^a  

^a University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLON MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EFFECTOR CELL; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TONSILLECTOMY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELIAC DISEASE; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; RISK FACTORS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0029923042     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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