Testing for Anti-Human Transglutaminase Antibodies in Saliva Is Not Useful for Diagnosis of Celiac Disease

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 216-219

  Baldas, Valentina ^a   Tommasini, Alberto ^a   Santon, Daniela ^a   Not, Tarcisio ^a,b   Gerarduzzi, Tania ^a   Clarich, Gabriella ^a   Sblattero, Daniele ^a   Marzari, Roberta ^a   Florian, Fiorella ^a   Martellossi, Stefano ^a   Ventura, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b Clinica Pediatrica   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK ALLERGY; SALIVA; SALIVA ANALYSIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 9144242401     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2003.023523     Document Type: Article

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