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High Incidence of Celiac Disease in a Long-term Study of Adolescents With Susceptibility Genotypes.
Gastroenterology - 1 May 2017
Liu Edwin, Dong Fran, Barón Anna E, Taki Iman, Norris Jill M, Frohnert Brigitte I, Hoffenberg Edward J, Rewers Marian
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Little is known about the incidence of celiac disease in the general population of children in the United States. We aimed to estimate the cumulative incidence of celiac disease in adolescents born in the Denver metropolitan area. METHODS: We collected data on HLA-DR, DQ genotypes of 31,766 infants, born from 1993 through 2004 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Denver, from the Diabetes Autoimmunity...
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