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Increased prevalence of celiac disease without gastrointestinal symptoms in adults MICA 5.1 homozygous subjects from the Campania area.
Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Apr 2008
Tinto N, Ciacci C, Calcagno G, Gennarelli D, Spampanato A, Farinaro E, Tortora R, Sacchetti L
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Polymorphisms in the major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related gene A may influence its binding to the Natural Killer Cell Receptor G2D (NKG2D). We looked for polymorphisms in major histocompatibility complex class I chain-related gene A exon 5 and in Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA)-DQ/DR in adult coeliac disease patients to determine whether they affected coeliac disease phenotypes....
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