anti-endomysial antibody
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Contents
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Introduction
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Etiology
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Laboratory
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More general terms
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Additional terms
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References
Introduction
see
tissue transglutaminase antibody
Etiology
positive values present in 70-80% of patients with:
celiac disease
dermatitis herpetiformis
Laboratory
endomysial antibody in serum
More general terms
autoantibody
Additional terms
anti-gliadin antibody
celiac sprue (gluten-sensitive enteropathy)
endomysium
References
↑
Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998
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Clinical Guide to Laboratory Tests, 3rd ed. Teitz ed., W.B. Saunders, 1995
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