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Is celiac disease better identified through HLA-DQ8 than through HLA-DQ2 in Mexican subjects?
Revista de gastroenterologia de Mexico (English) - 1 Jan 2000
Cerda-Contreras E, Ramírez-Cervantes K L, Granados J, Mena L, Núñez-Álvarez C, Uscanga L
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INTRODUCTION AND AIMS: A strong genetic association between celiac disease (CD) and the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) has been widely demonstrated. In Europe, the HLA-DQ2 allele is predominant. However, studies in Latin America indicate that HLA-DQ8 could be more frequent. In Mexico, the frequency of those alleles has not been reported in subjects with CD. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to evaluate...
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