Giardia duodenalis: A confounding factor for the diagnosis of celiac disease [4]

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-186

  Mastropasqua, Ezio ^c   Rolandi, Riccardo ^c   Farruggio, Angelo ^a   Lirussi, Flavio ^b  

^a Monselice Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CELIAC DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DUODENUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LETTER; MALABSORPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOZOITE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CELIAC DISEASE; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS;

EID: 12244252237     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200302000-00023     Document Type: Letter

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