Article
HLA and celiac disease in Argentina: involvement of the DQ subregion.
Disease markers - 1 Jan 2000
Palavecino E A, Mota A H, Awad J, Derosa S, Herrera M, Chertkoff L, Satz L, Fainboim L
Abstract excerpt
A population of 62 unrelated homogeneous Argentinian celiac pediatric patients were typed for HLA-A,B,C,DR, and DQ antigens. The association between celiac disease and the DR3 and DR7 antigens was confirmed. The specificity DQw2 was present in 95.2 per cent of the patients. Nevertheless, it was o...
Topics
- Alleles
- Argentina
- Biomarkers
- Celiac Disease
- Child
- Disease Susceptibility
- Ethnicity
- Female
- HLA-D Antigens
- HLA-DQ Antigens
- HLA-DR Antigens
- Humans
- Italy
