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Genetics in coeliac disease.
Best practice & research. Clinical gastroenterology - 1 Jun 2005
van Heel David A, Hunt Karen, Greco Luigi, Wijmenga Cisca
Abstract excerpt
Coeliac disease has a strong genetic component, higher than for many other common complex diseases. Possession of the HLA-DQ2 variant is required for presentation of disease causing dietary antigens to T cells, although this is also common in the healthy population. Non-HLA genetic factors account for the majority of heritable risk. Linkage studies have identified promising regions on chromosomes 5 and 19, with...
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