Reliance on serum endomysial antibody testing underestimates the true prevalence of coeliac disease by one fifth

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 181-183

  Dickey, W ^a,b   Hughes, D F ^a,b   McMillan, S A ^a,b  

^a ALTNAGELVIN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coeliac disease; Diagnosis; Endomysial antibody; Gliadin

Indexed keywords

ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; GLIADIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; DUODENUM BIOPSY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0034005148     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655200750024362     Document Type: Article

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