Prevalence of celiac disease in north Indian children

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 415-417

  Bhattacharya, Malobika ^a   Dubey, A P ^a   Mathur, N B ^a  

^a LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Celiac disease; India; Prevalence; Tissue transglutaminase

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE ANTIBODY; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; DUODENUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; INFANT; MASS SCREENING; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 66249140235     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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