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HLA in coeliac disease families: a novel test of risk modification by the 'other' haplotype when at least one DQA1*05-DQB1*02 haplotype is carried.
Tissue antigens - 1 Aug 2002
Louka A S, Nilsson S, Olsson M, Talseth B, Lie B A, Ek J, Gudjónsdóttir A H, Ascher H, Sollid L M
Abstract excerpt
Predisposition to coeliac disease (CD) involves HLA genes. We investigated whether any haplotypes modify risk when carried trans to a known high-risk haplotype, DQA1*05-DQB1*02. Earlier attempts to rank levels of risk contributed by the 'other' haplotype were burdened by use of case-control populations; haplotype frequencies were estimated and homozygosity was only presumed. In contrast, exact haplotypes can be...
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