Screening of the adult population in Iran for coeliac disease: comparison of the tissue-transglutaminase antibody and anti-endomysial antibody tests - Concepedia

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Screening of the adult population in Iran for coeliac disease: comparison of the tissue-transglutaminase antibody and anti-endomysial antibody tests

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2006

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Mohammad Reza Akbari, Ashraf Mohammadkhani, Hafez Fakheri, Mohammad Javad Zahedi, Bijan Shahbazkhani, Mehdi Nouraie, Masoud Sotoudeh, Ramin Shakeri, Reza Malekzadeh

European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Abstract

The minimum prevalence of gluten sensitivity among the general population of northern and southern Iran is 1:104. The best screening test for the detection of GSE in the general population is IgA tTG-Ab.

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