Article
Immunoglobulin heavy chain allotypes in a sample of Sicilian patients with celiac disease.
Experimental and clinical immunogenetics - 1 Jan 1991
Caruso C, Candore G, Modica M A, Lio D, Marino V, Maltese I, Cataldo F, Albeggiani A
Abstract excerpt
The authors have studied the immunoglobulin heavy chain allotypes in 14 Sicilian patients with celiac disease (CD) and in 75 healthy controls. No association has been found between CD and Gm or Km phenotypes. When the role of Gm phenotypes in immune response against gliadin was analyzed, fb-posit...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Celiac Disease
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Genetic Markers
- Gliadin
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin Gm Allotypes
- Immunoglobulin Km Allotypes
- Phenotype