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Prevalence of celiac disease in an urban area of Brazil with predominantly European ancestry.
World journal of gastroenterology - 28 Oct 2006
Pereira Maria Angélica G, Ortiz-Agostinho Carmen L, Nishitokukado Iêda, Sato Maria-N, Damião Adérson O M C, Alencar Marília L, Abrantes-Lemos Clarice P, Cançado Eduardo L R, de Brito Thales, Ioshii Sérgio O, Valarini Sandra B M, Sipahi Aytan M
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To determine the prevalence of celiac disease in a group of volunteer blood donors at a blood bank in the city of Curitiba, Brazil through detection of the serum marker immunoglobulin A (IgA) antitransglutaminase antibody. METHODS: Blood samples collected from 2086 healthy subjects at the Pa...
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