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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 7, 2011; 17(45): 4971-4978
Published online Dec 7, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i45.4971
Published online Dec 7, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i45.4971
Burden of celiac disease in the Mediterranean area
Luigi Greco, Laura Timpone, European Laboratory for Food Induced Diseases, Federico II University of Naples, 80131 Naples, Italy
Abdelhak Abkari, Hopital des Enfant Ibn Rochd de Casablanca, 20100 Casablanca, Morocco
Mona Abu-Zekry, Children’s Hospital, Gastrointestinal Unit, Cairo University, 12611 Giza, Egypt
Thomas Attard, University of Malta, Medical School, Guardamangia MSD 06, Malta
Faouzi Bouguerrà, Hopital des Enfants de Tunis, 1006 Tunis, Tunisia
Paskal Cullufi, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Center “Mother Teresa”, nr 371 Tirana, Albania
Aydan Kansu, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Ankara University, Dikimevi/Mamak, Ankara 06100, Turkey
Dusanka Micetic-Turk, University Medical Centre, Paediatric Department, Ljubljanska, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
Zrinjka Mišak, Children’s Hospital Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Eleftheria Roma, Athens University, Aghia Sophia Children’s Hospital, Goudi, 11527 Athene, Greece
Raanan Shamir, Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel, Tel-Aviv University, Petach-Tikva 49202, Israel
Selma Terzic, University Clinical Center Tuzla, Children's Hospital, 75000 Tuzla, Bosnia Herzegovina
Author contributions: Greco L, Timpone L, Abkari A, Abu-Zekry M, Attard T, Bouguerrà F, Cullufi P, Kansu A, Micetic-Turk D, Mišak Z, Roma E, Shamir R and Terzic S directly participated in the study, including substantial contributions to conception and design of the study and acquisition of data; Greco L, Timpone L and Shamir R analyzed the data, wrote the manuscript and provided statistical analysis of data.
Supported by European Laboratory for Food Induced Diseases, Federico II University of Naples
Correspondence to: Luigi Greco, Professor of Medicine, Chief, European Laboratory for Food Induced Diseases, Federico II University of Naples, 80131 Naples, Italy. ydongre@unina.it
Telephone: +39-081-7463275 Fax: +39-081-7462375
Received: March 19, 2011
Revised: June 15, 2011
Accepted: June 22, 2011
Published online: December 7, 2011
Revised: June 15, 2011
Accepted: June 22, 2011
Published online: December 7, 2011
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