How many hospital visits does it take before celiac sprue is diagnosed?

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-23

  Dickey, W ^a,b   McConnell, J B ^a  

^a ANTRIM AREA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ALTNAGELVIN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Celiac spree; Diagnosis; Specialists; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANEMIA; CELIAC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030055364     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199607000-00007     Document Type: Article

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