Letter to the Editor: Organ culture system as a means to detect celiac disease

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-87

  Picarelli, Antonio ^a   Libanori, Valerio ^a   De Nitto, Daniela ^a   Saponara, Annarita ^a   Tola, Marco Di ^a   Donato, Giuseppe ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti transglutaminase antibodies; Celiac disease; Gliadin peptide; Organ culture

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; GLIADIN; AUTOANTIBODY; GLUTEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MALE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; ADULT; DIET; IMMUNOLOGY; LETTER; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; CELIAC DISEASE; DIET; FEMALE; GLIADIN; GLUTENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 76149095627     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: 15508080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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