Diagnosis of gluten-sensitive enteropathy: Is exclusive reliance on histology appropriate?

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 919-925

  Feighery, Conleth ^a   Weir, Donald G ^a   Whelan, Alex ^a   Willoughby, Rena ^a   Youngprapakorn, Suki ^a   Lynch, Sara ^a   O'Moráin, Colm ^b   McEneany, Peter ^b   O'Farrelly, Cliona ^c  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b Meath/Adelaide/Natl Children's H ^*  (Ireland)

^c ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Coeliac disease diagnosis; Endomysial antibody; IgG anti gliadin antibody; Small intestinal histology

Indexed keywords

ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; GLIADIN ANTIBODY; GLUTEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES; BIOPSY; CELIAC DISEASE; FEMALE; GLIADIN; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031743780     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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