Systematic review: Worldwide variation in the frequency of coeliac disease and changes over time

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 226-245

  Kang, J Y ^a   Kang, A H Y ^a   Green, A ^a   Gwee, K A ^b   Ho, K Y ^c  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DQ2 ANTIGEN; HLA DQ8 ANTIGEN;

AFRICA; ASIAN; CELIAC DISEASE; CHINESE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EASTERN EUROPE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRAN; JAPANESE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUNISIA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

CELIAC DISEASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84879788657     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apt.12373     Document Type: Review

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