Duodenal bulb in celiac adults: The "whether biopsying" dilemma

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 302-307

  Nenna, Raffaella ^a   Pontone, Stefano ^b   Pontone, Paolo ^b   Petrarca, Laura ^a   Mennini, Maurizio ^a   Standoli, Monica ^b   Mastrogiorgio, Gerarda ^a   Bonamico, Margherita ^a   Magliocca, Fabio Massimo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

adult patients; bulb biopsy; celiac disease

Indexed keywords

ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; HLA DQA1 ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DRB1 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM MUCOSA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; THYROIDITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; CELIAC DISEASE; DUODENUM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HLA-DQ ALPHA-CHAINS; HLA-DQ BETA-CHAINS; HLA-DRB1 CHAINS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858861986     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: 15392031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e31822d31da     Document Type: Article

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