Value of a screening algorithm for celiac disease using tissue transglutaminase antibodies as first level in a population-based study

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2785-2790

  Gomez, Juan C ^a   Selvaggio, Gisella ^a   Pizarro, Bibiana ^a   Viola, Martin J ^a   La Motta, Graciela ^a   Smecuol, Edgardo ^b   Castelletto, Roberto ^a   Echeverría, Raúl ^a   Vazquez, Horacio ^b   Mazure, Roberto ^b   Crivelli, Adriana ^a   Sugai, Emilia ^b   Mauriño, Eduardo ^b   Bai, Julio C ^b  

^a HOSPITAL SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL DE GASTROENTEROLOGÍA DR CARLOS BONORINO UDAONDO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; GLIADIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; AUTOANTIBODIES; CELIAC DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION TREES; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; GLIADIN; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TRANSGLUTAMINASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036840209     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(02)05440-0     Document Type: Article

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