Crohn's disease and celiac disease: Association or epiphenomenon?

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 127-130

  Tursi, Antonio ^c   Giorgetti, G M ^a   Brandimarte, G ^b   Elisei, W ^b  

^a S EUGENIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Cristo Re Hospital   (Italy)

^c Lorenzo Bonomo Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Celiac disease; Crohn's disease

Indexed keywords

ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLIADIN ANTIBODY; HLA DQ2 ANTIGEN; HLA DQ8 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 2; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE ANTIBODY; SORBITOL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; SCREENING TEST; SERODIAGNOSIS;

BREATH TESTS; CELIAC DISEASE; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; HUMANS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TH1 CELLS;

EID: 33746396625     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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