Lactase enzyme, detected immunohistochemically, is lost in active celiac disease, but unaffected by oats challenge

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2936-2941

  Srinivasan, Usha ^a   Jones, Eileen ^b   Weir, Donald G ^c   Feighery, Conleth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROVOCATION TEST;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES; AVENA SATIVA; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELIAC DISEASE; DUODENUM; FEMALE; GLIADIN; GLUTEN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LACTASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FIBERS;

EID: 0032859076     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.01441.x     Document Type: Article

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