The prevalence of coeliac disease in Down's syndrome in Malta

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 81-83

  Sciberras, Chris ^a   Vella, Cecil ^a   Grech, Victor ^a  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (Malta)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

DISEASE PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; JEJUNUM BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALTA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; SEROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GLIADIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; MALE; MALTA; PREVALENCE;

EID: 1642276320     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/027249304225013268     Document Type: Article

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