Adult population screening for coeliac disease: Comparison of tissue-transglutaminase antibody and anti-endomysial antibody tests

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1173-1175

  Feighery, Conleth ^a   Conlon, Niall ^a   Jackson, John ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Coeliac disease; Endomysial antibodies; Intra epithelial lymphocytes; Population screening; Tissue transglutaminase antibodies

Indexed keywords

ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; GLUTEN; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; CELIAC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHOCYTE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL INTESTINE MUCOSA;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIBODIES; CELIAC DISEASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MASS SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TRANSGLUTAMINASES; TRITICUM;

EID: 33749819701     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.meg.0000243869.41207.f9     Document Type: Review

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