Refractory celiac disease: An unusual disease in a Chinese patient

Journal of Digestive Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 238-240

  Lok, Ka Ho ^a   Yeung, Hon Cheung ^a   Li, Kam Fu ^a   Li, Kin Kong ^a   Szeto, Ming Leung ^a  

^a TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Celiac disease; Chinese; Refractory; Sprue

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GLUTEN; METRONIDAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CELIAC DISEASE; CHINESE; FEMALE; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HUMAN; INTESTINE VILLUS; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; STEROID THERAPY;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CELIAC DISEASE; DIET, GLUTEN-FREE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DUODENUM; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 55149097276     PISSN: 17512972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-2980.2008.00353.x     Document Type: Article

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