A thirty-year (1970-1999) study of coeliac disease in the Canterbury region of New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 1189, 2004, Pages

  Cook, H Bramwell ^a   Oxner, Robert B ^a   Chapman, Bruce A ^a   Whitehead, Martin R ^a   Burt, Michael ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AWARENESS; CALCULATION; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEW ZEALAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SEX RATIO; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 1642525703     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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