Celiac disease: Special features in Africa. Description of 8 cases in Djibouti (horn of Africa);Maladie coeliaque: Particularités Africaines. A propos de 8 cas à Djibouti

Medecine Tropicale

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 144-148

  Coton, T ^a,e   Grassin, F ^a   Maslin, J ^b   Gidenne, S ^b   Sarret, D ^c   Petitjeans, F ^d   Benois, A ^d   Kraemer, P ^e   Cloatre, G ^a  

^a Service de Médecine   (Djibouti)

^b Laboratoire de Biologie   (Djibouti)

^c University of Paris Descartes   (France)

^d Service de Réanimation   (Djibouti)

^e LAVERAN MILITARY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Celiac disease; Djibouti

Indexed keywords

ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; GLIADIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DJIBOUTI; DUODENUM BIOPSY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOMALIA; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; YEMEN;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOANTIBODIES; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET, PROTEIN-RESTRICTED; DJIBOUTI; FEMALE; GLUTEN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 46049106734     PISSN: 0025682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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