Article
Myosin IXB gene region and gluten intolerance: linkage to coeliac disease and a putative dermatitis herpetiformis association.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Apr 2008
Koskinen L L E, Korponay-Szabo I R, Viiri K, Juuti-Uusitalo K, Kaukinen K, Lindfors K, Mustalahti K, Kurppa K, Adány R, Pocsai Z, Széles G, Einarsdottir E, Wijmenga C, Mäki M, Partanen J, Kere J, Saavalainen P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Coeliac disease is caused by dietary gluten, which triggers chronic inflammation of the small intestine in genetically predisposed individuals. In one quarter of the patients the disease manifests in the skin as dermatitis herpetiformis. Recently, a novel candidate gene, myosin IXB on...
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