Prevalence of Celiac disease in Turkish children

Ertekin, Vildan; Selimoglu, MA; Kardas, F; Aktas, E

doi:10.1097/01.mcg.0000174026.26838.56

Prevalence of Celiac disease in Turkish children

Atıf İçin Kopyala

Ertekin V. , Selimoglu M., Kardas F., Aktas E.

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY, cilt.39, ss.689-691, 2005 (SCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi)

Cilt numarası: 39 Konu: 8
Basım Tarihi: 2005
Doi Numarası: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000174026.26838.56
Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY
Sayfa Sayısı: ss.689-691

Özet

Background: Celiac disease has emerged as a public health problem, and the disease prevalence varies among different races and nations. The present study was designed to investigate the prevalence of Celiac disease in apparently healthy Turkish schoolchildren and to detect children with silent celiac disease.