High prevalence of undiagnosed coeliac disease in adults: A Swedish population-based study

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 245, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-68

  Ivarsson, A ^a   Persson, L A ^a   Juto, P ^a   Peltonen, M ^a   Suhr, O ^a   Hernell, O ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adults; Coeliac disease; Population based; Prevalence; Screening

Indexed keywords

ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; GLIADIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOPSY; CELIAC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLIADIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033007801     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.1999.00403.x     Document Type: Article

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