Celiac disease: India on the global map

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1511-1513

  Yachha, Surender Kumar ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY;

CELIAC DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DUODENUM BIOPSY; EDITORIAL; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HUMAN; INDIA; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

EID: 33747622078     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.04560.x     Document Type: Editorial

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