Article
Shared and unique common genetic determinants between pediatric and adult celiac disease.
BMC medical genomics - 22 Jul 2016
Senapati Sabyasachi, Sood Ajit, Midha Vandana, Sood Neena, Sharma Suresh, Kumar Lalit, Thelma B K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Based on age of presentation, celiac disease (CD) is categorised as pediatric CD and adult CD. It however remains unclear if these are genetically and/or phenotypically distinct disorders or just different spectrum of the same disease. We therefore explored the common genetic components underlying pediatric and adult CD in a well characterized north Indian cohort. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of...
Topics
- Adult
- Celiac Disease
- Child
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Male
- Retrospective Studies
