Article
Do MYO9B genetic variants predispose to coeliac disease? An association study in a cohort of South Italian children.
Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Mar 2007
Cirillo G, Di Domenico M R, Corsi I, Gagliardo T, Del Giudice E M, Perrone L, Tolone C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Coeliac disease is a complex disorder influenced by environmental and genetic factors. A genome wide linkage study identified the myosin IXB (MYO9B) as a gene possibly associated with coeliac disease. Recently, a Dutch study reported a strong association of a single SNP, rs 2305764, of MYO9B with coeliac disease. However, two successive studies carried out on British and Swedish/Norwegian cohorts...
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