Should relatives of coeliacs with mild clinical complaints undergo a small-bowel biopsy despite negative serology?

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-55

  Rostami, Kamran ^b   Mulder, Chris J J ^c   Van Overbeek, Femke M ^a   Kerckhaert, Jo ^c   Meijer, Jos W R ^c   Von Blomberg, Mary B E ^c   Heymans, Hugo S A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Anti endomysial antibodies; Gluten enteropathy; Latent coeliac disease; Small intestinal biopsy; Villous atrophy

Indexed keywords

ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; GLIADIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0033973149     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200012010-00010     Document Type: Article

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