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Genetic difference in HLA-DR phenotypes between coeliac disease and transitory gluten intolerance.
Archives of disease in childhood - 1 Jan 1995
Meuli R, Pichler W J, Gaze H, Lentze M J
Abstract excerpt
Genetic differences in HLA phenotypes were studied in coeliac disease to investigate why some patients do not react with mucosal damage after gluten challenge. Forty five children with coeliac disease and 16 with transitory gluten intolerance were typed; 76 subjects served as controls. HLA phenotypes in children with coeliac disease had significantly higher proportions of DR3/X and DR5/7 than controls (48.8% v...
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