Coeliac disease is on the rise

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 194, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 278-279

  Anderson, Robert P ^a,b,c,d  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d ImmusanT Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CELIAC DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORTALITY; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE;

EID: 79955507590     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb02971.x     Document Type: Editorial

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