Anti-tissue transglutaminase in inflammatory bowel diseases: An activity disease-related phenomenon?

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 711-712

  Tursi, A ^a  

^a Lorenzo Bonomo Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTERITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REMISSION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 33748503395     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2006.05.003     Document Type: Letter

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