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Prevalence of celiac disease among first-degree relatives of Indian celiac disease patients.
Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Mar 2016
Mishra Asha, Prakash Shyam, Kaur Gurvinder, Sreenivas Vishnubhatla, Ahuja Vineet, Gupta Siddhartha Datta, Makharia Govind K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Celiac disease, once thought to be uncommon in Asia, is now recognized in Asian nations as well. We investigated the prevalence of celiac disease in first-degree relatives of celiac disease patients followed in our centre. METHODS: First-degree relatives were screened prospectively for celiac disease using questionnaire-based interview and anti-tissue transglutaminase antibody. Serology positive...
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