Celiac disease and endocrine autoimmune disorders in children: An update

Expert Review of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1289-1301

  Diamanti, Antonella ^a   Capriati, Teresa ^b   Bizzarri, Carla ^a   Panetta, Fabio ^a   Ferretti, Francesca ^a   Ancinelli, Monica ^a   Romano, Francesca ^a   Locatelli, Mattia ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Addison's disease; Adolescent; Autoimmune diseases; Celiac disease; Child; Thyroid autoimmunity; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLIADIN; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTEN; HLA DQ2 ANTIGEN; HLA DQ8 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 17; LARAZOTIDE; LIOTRIX;

ADDISON DISEASE; ADENOVIRUS 12; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE LIVER DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; BODY MASS; BREAST MILK; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HLA SYSTEM; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IDIOPATHIC HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INFANT NUTRITION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN RESPONSE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTESTINE FLORA; INTRAVENOUS GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; KETOACIDOSIS; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); POLYCLONAL ACTIVATION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84887944856     PISSN: 1744666X     EISSN: 17448409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/1744666X.2013.850029     Document Type: Review

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