title: Splenic function in childhood coeliac disease.
abstract: We measured splenic function using a simple, non-isotopic method in childhood coeliac disease. No patients were shown to have hyposplenism. This has important clinical and therapeutic implications.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013154:Spleen / Q000503:physiopathology*