IGA ANTIBODY TO TISSUE TRANSGLUTAMINASE IS A HIGHLY SENSITIVE PREDICTOR OF ADULT ONSET COELIAC DISEASE IN CLINICAL PRACTICE

Authors :: Whyte, M.
Smale, S.
Heil, P.M.
Prasad, P.
Davis, T.
Sewell, C.
Forgacs, I.
Bjarnason, I.
Mulcahy, H.E.
Source :: Gut. March 2001, Vol. 48 Issue 3, A77
Publication Year :: 2001
Abstract: Introduction: Anti-endomysial antibodies have high specificity (90%) for the presence of coeliac disease, but there are ethical and cost issues associated with using monkey oesophagus for clinical tests. Tissue transglutaminase [...]

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