Autoimmune enteropathy in a 13-year-old celiac girl successfully treated with infliximab

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 264-266

  Valitutti, Francesco ^a   Barbato, Maria ^a   Aloi, Marina ^a   Marcheggiano, Adriana ^b   Di Nardo, Giovanni ^a   Leoni, Stefania ^a   Iorfida, Donatella ^a   Corazza, Gino R ^c   Cucchiara, Salvatore ^a  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmune enteropathy; Celiac disease; Immunosuppression; Infliximab; Villous atrophy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BIOPSY; CELIAC DISEASE; DIET, GLUTEN-FREE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HUMANS; JEJUNUM; POLYENDOCRINOPATHIES, AUTOIMMUNE; REMISSION INDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84894138505     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: 15392031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e31829e460e     Document Type: Article

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