Is it worth investigating splenic function in patients with celiac disease?

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 2313-2318

  Di Sabatino, Antonio ^a   Brunetti, Laura ^a   Maffè, Gabriella Carnevale ^a   Giuffrida, Paolo ^a   Corazza, Gino Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hyposplenism; Memory B Cell; Pitted red cell; Pneumococcal vaccine; Splenic atrophy

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; GLUTEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ATROPHY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BACTERIUM; CELIAC DISEASE; CROHN DISEASE; ENTEROPATHY; ERYTHROCYTE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION RISK; INGESTION; LYMPHOMA; MEMORY CELL; MORTALITY; SEPSIS; SPLEEN FUNCTION; SPLENECTOMY; T CELL LYMPHOMA; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84876558074     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i15.2313     Document Type: Article

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