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Coeliac- and enteropathy-associated autoantibodies in Spanish insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus patients and their relation to HLA antigens.
Journal of diabetes and its complications - 1 Jan 2000
Martín-Villa J M, López-Suárez J C, Pérez-Blas M, Martínez-Laso J, Ferre-López S, García-Torre C, Lledó G, Manzanares J, Arnaiz-Villena A
Abstract excerpt
The frequency of reticulin (ARA), endomysium (EmA), and gut epithelial cell (GECA) autoantibodies, and gliadin antibodies (AGA), was investigated in 86 Spanish diabetic patients by indirect immunofluorescence (IFI) and ELISA, along with their HLA phenotype. Four patients (5%) showed ARA-IgG (R1 pattern), eight (9%) showed AGA-IgG, and eight (9%) showed AGA-IgA. No EmA or GECA-positive patients were found. In...
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