Digestive and Liver Disease
Volume 42, Issue 5 , Pages 352-358 , May 2010

Dynamics of celiac disease-specific serology after initiation of a gluten-free diet and use in the assessment of compliance with treatment

  • Emilia Sugai

      Affiliations

    • Small Bowel Section, Department of Medicine, “Dr. C. Bonorino Udaondo” Gastroenterology Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • ,
  • Fabio Nachman

      Affiliations

    • Small Bowel Section, Department of Medicine, “Dr. C. Bonorino Udaondo” Gastroenterology Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • ,
  • Horacio Váquez

      Affiliations

    • Small Bowel Section, Department of Medicine, “Dr. C. Bonorino Udaondo” Gastroenterology Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • ,
  • Andrea González

      Affiliations

    • Department of Alimentation, “Dr. C. Bonorino Udaondo” Gastroenterology Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • ,
  • Paola Andrenacci

      Affiliations

    • Department of Alimentation, “Dr. C. Bonorino Udaondo” Gastroenterology Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • ,
  • Andrea Czech

      Affiliations

    • Small Bowel Section, Department of Medicine, “Dr. C. Bonorino Udaondo” Gastroenterology Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • ,
  • Sonia Niveloni

      Affiliations

    • Small Bowel Section, Department of Medicine, “Dr. C. Bonorino Udaondo” Gastroenterology Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • ,
  • Roberto Mazure

      Affiliations

    • Small Bowel Section, Department of Medicine, “Dr. C. Bonorino Udaondo” Gastroenterology Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • ,
  • Edgardo Smecuol

      Affiliations

    • Small Bowel Section, Department of Medicine, “Dr. C. Bonorino Udaondo” Gastroenterology Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • ,
  • Ana Cabanne

      Affiliations

    • Pathology Unit, “Dr. C. Bonorino Udaondo” Gastroenterology Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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  • Eduardo Mauriño

      Affiliations

    • Small Bowel Section, Department of Medicine, “Dr. C. Bonorino Udaondo” Gastroenterology Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • ,
  • Julio Cesar Bai

      Affiliations

    • Small Bowel Section, Department of Medicine, “Dr. C. Bonorino Udaondo” Gastroenterology Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Medicine, Dr. C. Bonorino Udaondo Gastroenterology Hospital, Av. Caseros 2061, (1264) Buenos Aires, Argentina. Tel.: +54 11 4306 4641x117; fax: +54 11 4304 1018.

Received 29 November 2008 ,Accepted 13 July 2009.

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PII: S1590-8658(09)00301-6

doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2009.07.011

Digestive and Liver Disease
Volume 42, Issue 5 , Pages 352-358 , May 2010

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