When to screen children with down syndrome for celiac disease?

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 443-445

  Pavlovic, Momcilo ^a   Radlovic, Nedeljko ^b   Lekovic, Zoran ^b   Stojsic, Zorica ^c   Puleva, Katja ^a   Berenji, Karolina ^d  

^a General Hospital Subotica   (Serbia)

^b University Childrens Hospital   (Serbia)

^c Institute of Pathology   (Serbia)

^d Public Health Institute   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Celiac disease; Down syndrome; Tissue transglutaminase

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SMALL INTESTINE MUCOSA;

AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; SERBIA; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 78649533697     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmq026     Document Type: Article

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