Looking for celiac disease: Diagnostic accuracy of two rapid commercial assays

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1597-1600

  Nemec, Gregor ^a   Ventura, Alessandro ^a   Stefano, Martelossi ^a   Di Leo, Grazia ^a   Baldas, Valentina ^a   Tommasini, Alberto ^a   Ferrara, Fortunato ^a   Taddio, Andrea ^a   Città, Angelo ^a   Sblattero, Daniele ^a   Marzari, Roberto ^a   Not, Tarcisio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CELIAC DISEASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 33745574976     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00597.x     Document Type: Article

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