Celiac disease: Are endomysial antibody test results being used appropriately?

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1775-1781

  McGowan, Kelly E ^a,b   Lyon, Martha E ^b   Loken, Steven D ^b   Butzner, J Decker ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOPSY; CELIAC DISEASE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INTESTINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 34848821239     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2007.090308     Document Type: Article

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