High prevalence of coeliac disease: Need for increasing awareness among physicians

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 136-139

  Ress, K ^a   Harro, M ^b   Maaroos, H I ^a   Harro, J ^a   Uibo, R ^a   Uibo, O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^c TARTU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Coeliac disease; Diagnosis; Etiology; Tissue transglutaminase

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYZER; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ESTONIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; INTESTINE BIOPSY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 33846325496     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2006.07.012     Document Type: Article

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