Human Tissue Transglutaminase ELISA and an Old Study: A Revision of the Blood Donor Screening Study for Coeliac Disease in the USA

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 195-197

  Neri, E ^a   Not, T ^a,b   Horvath, K ^b   Kryszak, D ^b   Drago, S ^b   Di Pierro, M R ^b   Tommasini, A ^a   Ventura, A ^a   Fasano, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CELIAC DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SCREENING TEST;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; BLOOD DONORS; CELIAC DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLIADIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MALE; PREVALENCE; TRANSGLUTAMINASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1342309943     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520310007530     Document Type: Article

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