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HLA genotypes and the increased incidence of coeliac disease in Sweden.
Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology - 1 Nov 1996
Ploski R, Ascher H, Sollid L M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A strong increase of childhood coeliac disease (CD) was found in Sweden concurrently with changes in the infant feeding pattern. We investigated whether this increase reflects a recruitment of individuals with less predisposing HLA genotypes. METHODS: Genomic HLA-DRB1, -DQA1, and -DQB1 typing was performed in 135 Swedish patients (48 belonging to a low- and 81 to a high-incidence cohort) and 179...
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