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Coeliac screening in a Scottish cohort of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus: is DQ typing the way forward?
Archives of disease in childhood - 1 Mar 2016
Mitchell R T, Sun A, Mayo A, Forgan M, Comrie A, Gillett P M
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BACKGROUND: Children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) are at increased risk of coeliac disease (CD). Recent guidelines indicate coeliac screening should include HLA typing for CD predisposing (DQ2/DQ8) alleles and those negative for these alleles require no further coeliac screening. METHODS: Children (n=176) with T1DM attending clinics across two Scottish regions were screened for HLA DQ2/DQ8 as part of...
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