Anti-transglutaminase antibody assay of the culture medium of intestinal biopsy specimens can improve the accuracy of celiac disease diagnosis

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1175-1180

  Carroccio, Antonio ^a   Prima, Lidia Di ^a   Pirrone, Giuseppe ^a   Scalici, Calogero ^b   Florena, Ada M ^a   Gasparin, Maurizio ^c   Tolazzi, Giuseppe ^c   Gucciardi, Antonino ^a   Sciumè, Carmelo ^a   Iacono, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b G Di Cristina Children s Hospital   (Italy)

^c Eurospital SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUODENUM BIOPSY; DUODENUM MUCOSA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODY FORMATION; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOPSY; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE MEDIA; DUODENUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FIBERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 33646928044     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2005.061366     Document Type: Article

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