Serological Evaluation of Celiac Disease in Children with Congenital Heart Defect; A Case Control Study

Serological Evaluation of Celiac Disease in Children with Congenital Heart Defect; A Case Control Study

Due to the increased prevalence of celiac disease in chromosomal anomalies and other congenital anomalies, this study was conducted to evaluate the seroprevalence of celiac disease in patients with congenital heart defects (CHD). This case-control study was done on 1,002 children in two groups of CH...

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Veröffentlicht in:Middle East journal of digestive diseases 2015-04, Vol.7 (2), p.7
Hauptverfasser: Shahramian, Iraj, Dehghani, Seyed Mohsen, Haghighat, Mahmood, Noori, Noor Mohammad, Teimouri, Alireza, Sharafi, Elham, Kalili, Manijeh, Kalvandi, Gholamreza
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Zusammenfassung:Due to the increased prevalence of celiac disease in chromosomal anomalies and other congenital anomalies, this study was conducted to evaluate the seroprevalence of celiac disease in patients with congenital heart defects (CHD). This case-control study was done on 1,002 children in two groups of CHD patients (n=402) and controls (n=600). The serum tissue transglutamianse (TTG) levels were investigated. The two groups were compared in terms of TTG IgA levels and p
ISSN:2008-5230
2008-5249