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Serologic screening and genetic testing among brazilian patients with celiac disease and their first degree relatives.
Arquivos de gastroenterologia - 1 Jan 2000
Martins Rita de Cássia Azevedo, Gandolfi Lenora, Modelli Inês Cristina, Almeida Rodrigo Coutinho de, Castro Luiz Claudio, Pratesi Riccardo
Abstract excerpt
CONTEXT: Celiac disease susceptibility has been shown to be associated with the HLA alleles DQA1*0501 and DQB1*0201 (together encoding the DQ2 heterodimer) that are present in practically all celiac disease patients. The DQ8 heterodimer (coded by DQA1*03-DQB1*0302), which is carried on a DRB1*04 (DR4) haplotype, is commonly encoded for by the few celiacs who do not carry the DQ2 heterodimer. Only a few celiac...
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