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Genetic factors underlying gluten-sensitive enteropathy.
Current allergy and asthma reports - 1 Nov 2001
Peña A S, Wijmenga C
Abstract excerpt
Genetic epidemiology clearly has shown that there is a genetic predisposition to gluten-sensitive enteropathy (GSE), or celiac disease. The strong genetic component, as determined by the lambda sib (lambda s), has been calculated to lie in the range of 7.5 to 30, based on a 5% to 10% recurrence risk for siblings. Ninety-five percent of northern European patients with GSE carry a particular HLA-DQ alpha beta...
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