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Pathophysiology of celiac disease.
Gastrointestinal endoscopy clinics of North America - 1 Oct 2012
Kupfer Sonia S, Jabri Bana
Abstract excerpt
Celiac disease results from the interplay of genetic, environmental, and immunologic factors. An understanding of the pathophysiology of celiac disease, in which the trigger (wheat, rye, and barley) is known, will undoubtedly reveal basic mechanisms that underlie other autoimmune diseases (eg, type 1 diabetes) that share many common pathogenic perturbations. This review describes seminal findings in each of the 3...
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