Coeliac disease is the most common cause of chronic diarrhoea in Iran

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 665-668

  Shahbazkhani, Bijan ^a   Mohamadnejad, Mehdi ^a   Malekzadeh, Reza ^a   Akbari, Mohammad Reza ^a   Esfahani, Mandana Moghari ^a   Nasseri Moghaddam, Siavosh ^a   Sotoudeh, Masoud ^b   Elahyfar, Amin ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Coeliac disease; Diarrhoea; Iran; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; GLIADIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CELIAC DISEASE; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTESTINE LYMPHOMA; IRAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELIAC DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROHN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GLIADIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IRAN; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS;

EID: 3142626475     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.meg.0000108327.52416.c3     Document Type: Article

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