Speeding up coeliac disease diagnosis in the developing countries

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 900-902

  Crovella, S ^a,b   Brandao, L ^c   Guimaraes, R ^c   de Lima Filho, J L ^c   Arraes, L C ^c   Ventura, A ^a   Not, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c Children Hospital IMIP Recife   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anti transglutaminase antibodies rapid assays; Coeliac disease; Developing countries

Indexed keywords

HLA DQ2 ANTIGEN; HLA DQ8 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CELIAC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES; BIOPSY; BRAZIL; CELIAC DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; TRANSGLUTAMINASES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34548379008     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2007.04.016     Document Type: Article

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