The old and new tests for celiac disease: Which is the best test combination to diagnose celiac disease in pediatric patients?

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 111-117

  Brusca, Ignazio ^a   Carroccio, Antonio ^b   Tonutti, Elio ^c   Villalta, Danilo ^d   Tozzoli, Renato ^e   Barrale, Maria ^a   Sarullo, Filippo M ^a   Mansueto, Pasquale ^f   La Chiusa, Stella Maria ^a   Iacono, Giuseppe ^g   Bizzaro, Nicola ^h  

^a Buccheri La Ferla Hospital   (Italy)

^b Ospedali Riuniti SS   (Italy)

^c SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d DML   (Italy)

^e Laboratory of Clinical Pathology   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^g Di Cristina Hospital   (Italy)

^h Ospedale S Antonio   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actin; Celiac disease; Children; Diagnostic accuracy; Endomysium; Gliadin; Transglutaminase

Indexed keywords

ACTIN ANTIBODY; DEAMINATED GLIADIN; ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; GLIADIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84857857789     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2011.714     Document Type: Article

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