Article
Relative power of linkage and transmission disequilibrium test strategies to detect non-HLA linked coeliac disease susceptibility genes.
Gut - 1 Nov 1999
Bevan S, Popat S, Houlston R S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Susceptibility to coeliac disease is genetically determined by possession of specific HLA DQ alleles, acting in concert with one or more non-HLA linked genes. The pattern of familial risk is most parsimonious with a multiplicative model for the interaction between these two classes of genes. Haplotype sharing probabilities across the HLA region in affected sibling pairs suggest that genes within the...
Topics
- Alleles
- Celiac Disease
- Genes, MHC Class I
- Genetic Linkage
- Genetic Markers
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- Linkage Disequilibrium
- Risk
- Sample Size
