High tissue-transglutaminase antibody level predicts small intestinal villous atrophy in adult patients at high risk of celiac disease

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 280-285

  Zanini, Barbara ^a   Magni, Alberto ^a   Caselani, Francesca ^a   Lanzarotto, Francesco ^a   Carabellese, Nice ^a   Villanacci, Vincenzo ^a   Ricci, Chiara ^a   Lanzini, Alberto ^a  

^a SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Celiac disease; Diagnosis; Duodenal atrophy; T TG

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM; DUODENUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES; AREA UNDER CURVE; ATROPHY; BIOPSY; CELIAC DISEASE; DIET, GLUTEN-FREE; DUODENUM; FEMALE; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; TRANSGLUTAMINASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857645191     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: 18783562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2011.10.013     Document Type: Article

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