Prevalence of celiac disease among school children in Punjab, North India

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1622-1625

  Sood, Ajit ^a,b   Midha, Vandana ^a   Sood, Neena ^a   Avasthi, Gurcharan ^a   Sehgal, Alok ^a  

^a DAYANAND MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Department of Pathology Dayanand Medical College and Hospital ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Celiac disease; Epidemiology; India

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WHEAT;

EID: 33747608167     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.04281.x     Document Type: Article

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