Anti-tissue transglutaminase antibodies and their role in the investigation of coeliac disease

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 105-117

  Hill, P G ^a   McMillan, S A ^b  

^a DERBYSHIRE ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CD28 ANTIGEN; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; GLUTEN; HLA DQ1 ANTIGEN; HLA DQ2 ANTIGEN; HLA DQ8 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; INSULIN; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELIAC DISEASE; CEREAL; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUODENUM BIOPSY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A DEFICIENCY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MYELOMA; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYROID DISEASE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; IGA DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; PREVALENCE; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 33644677969     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/000456306776021599     Document Type: Review

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