Comparative Analysis of Serologic Screening Tests for the Initial Diagnosis of Celiac Disease

Authors :: Russo, Pierre A.
Chartrand, Lucie J.
Seidman, Ernest
Source :: Pediatrics. July 1999, Vol. 104 Issue 1, 75
Publication Year :: 1999
Abstract: ABBREVIATIONS. AGA, antigliadin antibodies; EMA, antiendomysial antibodies. The diagnosis of celiac disease, or gluten-sensitive enteropathy, is established by the histologic demonstration of small-intestinal villus atrophy with inflammation and hyperplastic crypts [...]

Subjects :: Testing
Diagnosis
Antibodies -- Testing
Serology
Celiac disease -- Diagnosis
Viral antibodies -- Testing

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