Increasing prevalence of coeliac disease in Swedish children: Influence of feeding recommendations, serological screening and small intestinal biopsy activity

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 946-952

  Laurin, Pia ^a   Stenhammar, L ^b   Falth Magnusson K ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Biopsy; Child; Coeliac disease; Incidence rate

Indexed keywords

ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; GLIADIN ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEROLOGY; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWEDEN;

EID: 6344226947     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520410003380     Document Type: Article

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