Selective immunoglobulin A deficiency and celiac disease: Let's give serology a chance

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 242-244

  Valletta, E ^a,b   Fornaro, M ^a,b   Pecori, S ^a   Zanoni, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Emergency Medicine   (Italy)

Author keywords

Celiac disease; Diagnosis; Endomysial antibodies; Immunoglobulin A deficiency; Transglutaminase antibodies

Indexed keywords

ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; DUODENUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY;

CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IGA DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 79955387115     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: 16980808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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