Immunoglobulin A deficiency on serological coeliac screening: An opportunity for early diagnosis of hypogammaglobulinaemia

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 503-504

  Bright, P ^a   Lock, R J ^a   Unsworth, D J ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRONCHIECTASIS; CASE REPORT; CELIAC DISEASE; DEFECATION HABIT; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A DEFICIENCY; MALE; NEPHELOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY;

ADULT; AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; CELIAC DISEASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; IGA DEFICIENCY; MALE; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 84867158734     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2012.012011     Document Type: Article

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