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Interplay between Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Celiac Disease: Implications in Treatment.
Digestive diseases (Basel, Switzerland) - 1 Jan 2018
Kaur Navchetan, Bhadada Sanjay K, Minz Ranjana W, Dayal Devi, Kochhar Rakesh
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BACKGROUND: A complex interplay between genetic and environmental factors contributes to disease etiology of most of the autoimmune disorders. Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and celiac disease (CD) are polygenic autoimmune diseases that have high propensity to coexist due to shared etiological factors like genetics and clinico-pathological overlaps. SUMMARY: The mean prevalence rate for coexistence of these...
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