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Celiac disease in Down's syndrome with HLA serological and molecular studies.
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition - 1 Oct 1996
Failla P, Ruberto C, Pagano M C, Lombardo M, Bottaro G, Perichon B, Krishnamoorthy R, Romano C, Ragusa A
Abstract excerpt
The association between Down's syndrome (DS) and celiac disease (CD) has been confirmed by several authors. The sensitivity and specificity of antigliadin antibodies (AGAs), the clinical features of subjects with DS and CD (DS-CD+), the incidence of CD, and the results of serological and molecular class I and II HLA typing were determined in a sample of 57 Sicilian subjects with DS. Six (10.5%) and 17 subjects...
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