Prevalence of coeliac disease in the adult population of central Greece

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 982-987

  Roka, Violeta ^a   Potamianos, Spyros P ^a,b   Kapsoritakis, Andreas N ^a   Yiannaki, Efthalia E ^a   Koukoulis, George N ^a   Stefanidis, Ioannis ^a   Koukoulis, George K ^a   Germenis, Anastasios E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b Department of Gastroenterology ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Coeliac disease; Prevalence; Screening

Indexed keywords

GLIADIN ANTIBODY; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA DQ2 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GREECE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SCREENING TEST; TISSUE SECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOANTIBODIES; CELIAC DISEASE; FEMALE; GLIADIN; GREECE; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 37349012863     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e328209ff76     Document Type: Article

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