Coeliac disease epidemiology is alive and kicking, especially in the developing world

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 908-910

  Catassi, C ^a,b   Cobellis, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DQ2 ANTIGEN; HLA DQ8 ANTIGEN; HLA DR3 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CEREAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALABSORPTION; PARASITE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 34548425551     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2007.07.159     Document Type: Note

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