Coeliac disease detected by screening is not silent - simply unrecognized

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 853-860

  Johnston, S D ^a   Watson, R G P ^a   McMillan, S A ^a   Sloan, J ^a   Love, A H G ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANCER MORTALITY; CELIAC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; JEJUNUM BIOPSY; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE;

EID: 0032432347     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/91.12.853     Document Type: Article

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