Duodenal pathology and clinical-immunological implications in common variable immunodeficiency patients

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 118-121

  Luzi, Giuseppe ^a,b   Zullo, Angelo ^a   Iebba, Filippo ^a   Rinaldi, Vittorio ^a   Sanchez Mete, Lupe ^a   Muscaritoli, Maurizio ^a   Aiuti, Fernando ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Dipto di Med Clinica II G   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUODENITIS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NODULAR LYMPHOMATOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; DUODENAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037253625     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.07159.x     Document Type: Article

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