Twenty years of childhood coeliac disease in The Netherlands: A rapidly increasing incidence

Gut

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-66

  George, E K ^a   Mearin, M L ^a   Franken, H C M ^a   Houwen, R H J ^b   Hirasing, R A ^c   Vandenbroucke, J P ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coeliac disease; Epidemiology; Incidence; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031048710     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.40.1.61     Document Type: Article

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