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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 21, 2007; 13(11): 1715-1722
Published online Mar 21, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i11.1715
Coeliac disease in Dutch patients with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and vice versa
Muhammed Hadithi, Hans de Boer, Jos WR Meijer, Frans Willekens, Jo A Kerckhaert, Roel Heijmans, Amado Salvador Peña, Coen DA Stehouwer, Chris JJ Mulder
Muhammed Hadithi, Chris JJ Mulder, Department of Gastroenterology, Rijnstate Hospital, PO Box 9555, 6800 TA Arnhem, The Netherlands
Hans de Boer, Department of Endocrinology, Rijnstate Hospital, PO Box 9555, 6800 TA Arnhem, The Netherlands
Jos WR Meijer, Department of Pathology, Rijnstate Hospital, PO Box 9555, 6800 TA Arnhem, The Netherlands
Frans Willekens, Laboratory of Biochemistry, Rijnstate Hospital, PO Box 9555, 6800 TA Arnhem, The Netherlands
Jo A Kerckhaert, Laboratory of Biochemistry Immunology, Rijnstate Hospital, PO Box 9555, 6800 TA Arnhem, The Netherlands
Roel Heijmans, Amado Salvador Peña, Laboratory of Immunogenetics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Coen DA Stehouwer, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Maastricht, P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX Maastricht, The Netherlands
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: M Hadithi, Department of Gastroenterology, Groene Hart Ziekenhuis, PO Box 1098, 2800 BB Gouda, The Netherlands. muhammed.hadithi@ghz.nl
Telephone: +31-182-505050 Fax: +31-182-505578
Received: November 24, 2006
Revised: December 20, 2006
Accepted: March 15, 2007
Published online: March 21, 2007
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