Autoimmune enteropathy and villous atrophy in adults

Lancet

Volumn 350, Issue 9071, 1997, Pages 106-109

  Corazza, Gino R ^a,c   Biagi, Federico ^b   Volta, Umberto ^a   Andreani, Maria L ^a   De Franceschi, Lucia ^b   Gasbarrini, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; GLIADIN ANTIBODY; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DQ2 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; PARIETAL CELL ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE REPORT; DIET RESTRICTION; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; JEJUNUM; MONKEY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030860892     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)01042-8     Document Type: Article

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