Disappearance of endomysial antibodies in treated celiac disease does not indicate histological recovery

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 712-714

  Dickey, William ^c   Hughes, Dermot F ^a,b   McMillan, Stanley A ^a,b  

^a ALTNAGELVIN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATROPHY; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOPSY; CELIAC DISEASE; DUODENOSCOPY; DUODENUM; FEMALE; GLUTEN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033999631     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(99)00897-7     Document Type: Article

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