High prevalence of celiac disease in Brazilian blood donor volunteers based on screening by IgA antitissue transglutaminase antibody - Concepedia

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High prevalence of celiac disease in Brazilian blood donor volunteers based on screening by IgA antitissue transglutaminase antibody

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2007

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Ricardo Palmero Oliveira, Vera Lúcia Sdepanian, Jos A. Barreto, Afonso José Pereira Cortez, Fabr cio O. Carvalho, José Orlando Bordin, Maria Ang lica de Camargo Soares, Francy Reis da Silva Patr cio, Elisabete Kawakami, Mauro Batista de Morais,

European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Abstract

The prevalence of celiac disease in Sao Paulo city is high and comparable to that observed in European countries. It is possible that in Brazil the prevalence of this disease had previously been underestimated.

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