Current spectrum of malabsorption syndrome in adults in India

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-28

  Yadav, Pooja ^a   Das, Prasenjit ^a   Mirdha, Bijay R ^a   Gupta, Siddhartha Datta ^a   Bhatnagar, Shinjini ^a   Pandey, Ravinder M ^a   Makharia, Govind K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Celiac disease; Chronic diarrhea; Tropical sprue; Villous atrophy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CELL DAMAGE; CHILD; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; CYCLOSPORIASIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INDIA; INFERTILITY; INTESTINE LYMPHANGIECTASIA; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALABSORPTION; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SHORT STATURE; TROPICAL SPRUE; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DUODENUM; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPRUE, TROPICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954586778     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: 02548860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12664-011-0081-0     Document Type: Article

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