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Predictors of family risk for celiac disease: a population-based study.
Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association - 1 Sept 2008
Rubio-Tapia Alberto, Van Dyke Carol T, Lahr Brian D, Zinsmeister Alan R, El-Youssef Mounif, Moore S Breanndan, Bowman Martha, Burgart Lawrence J, Melton L Joseph, Murray Joseph A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & AIMS: There is an elevated prevalence of celiac disease (CD) in family members (FMs) of CD patients, but most prior studies have been done on selected populations. Our aim was to determine the clinical, serologic, and genetic predictors of CD in FMs of a population-based cohort of index cases. METHODS: Index cases from southeast Minnesota provided contact information for their first-degree relatives....
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