Intraepithelial lymphocytes in the villous tip: Do they indicate potential coeliac disease?

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 835-839

  Biagi, F ^a,b   Luinetti, O ^b   Campanella, J ^b   Klersy, C ^b   Zambelli, C ^c   Villanacci, V ^c   Lanzini, A ^c   Corazza, G R ^b  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY CD3;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DUODENUM BIOPSY; DUODENUM MUCOSA; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE VILLUS; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STAINING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD3; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELIAC DISEASE; DUODENUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 4043143473     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2003.013607     Document Type: Article

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