Celiac disease risk varies between birth cohorts, generating hypotheses about causality: Evidence from 36 years of population-based follow-up

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Namatovu, Fredinah ^a   Sandström, Olof ^a   Olsson, Cecilia ^a   Lindkvist, Marie ^a   Ivarsson, Anneli ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Celiac disease; Children; Epidemiology; Incidence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SWEDEN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEWBORN; REGISTER;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSALITY; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN;

EID: 84897960363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-14-59     Document Type: Article

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