High prevalence of celiac disease in Brazilian blood donor volunteers based on screening by IgA antitissue transglutaminase antibody

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-49

  Oliveira, Ricardo P ^a   Sdepanian, Vera L ^a,b   Barreto, José A ^a   Cortez, Afonso J P ^a   Carvalho, Fabrício O ^a   Bordin, José O ^a   De Camargo Soares, Maria Angélica ^a   Da Silva Patrício, Francy Reis ^a   Kawakami, Elisabete ^a   De Morais, Mauro Batista ^a   Fagundes Neto, Ulysses ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antitransglutaminase immunology; Blood banks; Celiac disease epidemiology; Prevalence; Serologic tests; Symptoms clinical

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BRAZIL; CELIAC DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GENDER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SERODIAGNOSIS; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; BLOOD DONORS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BRAZIL; CELIAC DISEASE; FEMALE; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 33846066666     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.meg.0000250586.61232.a3     Document Type: Article

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