Coeliac disease: rational approach to the diagnosis
BACKGROUND Celiac disease is a chronic food intolerance caused by gluten ingestion determining in genetically susceptible individuals a damage of small intestinal mucosa resulting in villous atrophy and malabsorption. This condition is more frequent in women (female/male ratio 2:1) with an onset at...
Main Authors: | U. Volta, C. Parisi, E. Fiorini, M. Piscaglia, A. Granito |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2013-05-01
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Series: | Italian Journal of Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/366 |
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