High prevalence of celiac disease in Italian general population

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1500-1505

  Volta, U ^a   Bellentani, S ^b   Bianchi, F B ^a   Brandi, G ^b   De Franceschi, L ^a   Miglioli, L ^b   Granito, A ^a   Balli, F ^b   Tiribelli, C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti endomysial antibodies; Anti gliadin antibodies; Antibody screening; Celiac disease; Dionysos study; Villous atrophy

Indexed keywords

ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DUODENUM BIOPSY; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALABSORPTION; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLIADIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0034939759     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010648122797     Document Type: Article

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