How frequent is coeliac disease in Down syndrome?

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 161, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 683-684

  Sánchez Albisua, Iciar ^a,c   Storm, Wolfgang ^b   Wäscher, Iris ^a   Stern, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Children's Hospital   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; GLIADIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCREENING TEST; SEROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0036449612     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-002-1078-6     Document Type: Article

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