Coeliac disease: An update for pathologists

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1008-1016

  Dickson, B C ^b   Streutker, C J ^c   Chetty, R ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTEN; MARKER;

CELIAC DISEASE; CRYPT CELL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE VILLUS; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; LYMPHOCYTE; MICROSCOPY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGIST; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROLOGY;

BIOPSY; CELIAC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, SMALL; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 33750025679     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2005.035345     Document Type: Review

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