Endomysial antibody: is it the best screening test for coeliac disease?
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Endomysial antibody: is it the best screening test for coeliac disease?
The sensitivities and specificities of the IgA and IgG antigliadin antibody and the IgA antireticulin antibody have been compared with the recently described endomysial antibody directed against the basement membrane of smooth muscle in monkey oesophagus. One hundred and seventeen patients with adult coeliac disease (21 untreated), 84 patients with inflammatory bowel disease, systemic lupus ery...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gut
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0017-5749
DOI: 10.1136/gut.33.12.1633