Serum prolactin in coeliac disease: A marker for disease activity

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-157

  Reifen, Ram ^a   Buskila, Dan ^b   Maislos, Moshe ^b   Press, Joseph ^b   Lerner, Aaron ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coeliac disease; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; PROLACTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTESTINE INJURY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030961038     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.77.2.155     Document Type: Article

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