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Lack of replication of celiac disease risk variants reported in a Spanish population using an independent Spanish sample.
Genes and immunity - 1 Oct 2009
Dema B, Martínez A, Fernández-Arquero M, Maluenda C, Polanco I, de la Concha E G, Urcelay E, Núñez C
Abstract excerpt
Celiac disease (CD) is an inflammatory condition affecting small bowel and triggered by gluten (or related proteins) ingestion in genetic susceptible individuals. Polymorphisms in three genes, SERPINE2, PPP6C and PBX3, have recently been associated with CD in the Spanish population. However, this association could not be replicated in the UK population using imputed data. As this second study analyzed a different...
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