Celiac disease in the USA: High prevalence of antiendomysium antibodies in healthy blood donors

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 494-498

  Not, T ^b   Horvath, K ^a   Hill, I D ^b   Partanen, J ^b   Hammed, A ^b   Magazzu, G ^b   Fasano, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antiendomysium antibodies; Antigliadin antibodies; Blood donors; Celiac disease; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; AUTOANTIBODY; GLIADIN; HLA ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CAUCASIAN; CELIAC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEROPREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CELL; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UMBILICAL CORD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; BLOOD DONORS; CELIAC DISEASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GLIADIN; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FIBERS; PREVALENCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; UMBILICAL CORD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031595595     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365529850172052     Document Type: Article

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