Is immunoglobulin A anti-tissue transglutaminase antibody a reliable serological marker of coeliac disease?

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 467-470

  Lock, Robert J ^a   Stevens, Susan ^b   Pitcher, Maxton C L ^c   Unsworth, David J ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coeliac disease; Negative predictive value; Positive predictive value; Tissue transglutaminase antibodies

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY;

ANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELIAC DISEASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 2342653512     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200405000-00005     Document Type: Article

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