Article
High risk genotypes for celiac disease.
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie III, Sciences de la vie - 1 Oct 1994
Clerget-Darpoux F, Bouguerra F, Kastally R, Semana G, Babron M C, Debbabi A, Bennaceur B, Eliaou J F
Abstract excerpt
It is known that celiac disease is strongly associated with an HLA class II component and that most patients carry the dimer DQA1*0501, DQB1*0201. We show in this study that the risk for a carrier of this heterodimer is independent from the number of possible heterodimers, from whether DQA1*0501...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Alleles
- Celiac Disease
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Genotype
- HLA-DQ Antigens
- Humans
- Infant
- Male
- Risk Factors