Coeliac disease: Missing villi? the search for coeliac disease in the Asia-Pacific region

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 204-205

  Theethira, Thimmaiah G ^a   Kelly, Ciarán P ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIA; CELIAC DISEASE; EUROPE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AMERICA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SOUTH AMERICA; GASTROENTEROLOGY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

CELIAC DISEASE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84897972315     PISSN: 17595045     EISSN: 17595053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrgastro.2014.26     Document Type: Short Survey

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