Celiac disease in an urban VA population with iron deficiency: The case against routine duodenal biopsy

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2037-2041

  Abbass, Rami ^a   Hopkins, Marc ^a   Dufour, D Robert ^a   Schallheim, Jason ^a   Szeto, Oliver J ^a   Korman, Louis Y ^a   Amdur, Richard L ^a   Lipman, Timothy O ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Celiac disease; Iron deficiency; Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DUODENUM BIOPSY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; URBAN AREA; VETERAN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BIOPSY; CELIAC DISEASE; DUODENUM; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSGLUTAMINASES; URBAN HEALTH; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 79959710298     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-010-1549-y     Document Type: Article

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