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Prevalence of coeliac disease in siblings of patients with Type I diabetes is related to the prevalence of DQB1*02 allele.
Diabetologia - 1 Aug 2001
Saukkonen T, Ilonen J, Akerblom H K, Savilahti E
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Coeliac disease is more prevalent among patients with Type I (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus and coeliac disease-related antibodies have been reported to increase in frequency in their first-degree relatives. Our aim was to find out if coeliac disease is more common among siblings of children with Type I diabetes than in the normal population. METHODS: IgA endomysium antibodies were...
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