Anti-pituitary antibodies in children with newly diagnosed celiac disease: A novel finding contributing to linear-growth impairment

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 691-696

  Delvecchio, Maurizio ^a   De Bellis, Annamaria ^b   Francavilla, Ruggiero ^c   Rutigliano, Vincenzo ^c   Predieri, Barbara ^d   Indrio, Flavia ^c   De Venuto, Domenica ^c   Sinisi, Antonio Agostino ^b   Bizzarro, Antonio ^b   Bellastella, Antonio ^b   Iughetti, Lorenzo ^d   Cavallo, Luciano ^c  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI PITUITARY ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; SOMATOMEDIN C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THYROIDITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CELIAC DISEASE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 77949268977     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.642     Document Type: Article

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