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Synergistic effect of two HLA heterodimers in the susceptibility to celiac disease in Tunisia.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Jan 1997
Bouguerra F, Babron M C, Eliaou J F, Debbabi A, Clot J, Khaldi F, Greco L, Clerget-Darpoux F
Abstract excerpt
The DR and DQ HLA genotypes of 94 Tunisian children affected with celiac disease are analyzed so that we can gain a better understanding of the HLA component of this disease. All of them carry at least one of two specific heterodimers: a DQ heterodimer, encoded by DQA1*0501, DQB1*0201 and/or a DR heterodimer, encoded by the nonpolymorphic gene DRA and the DRB4 gene. Quantifying the relative penetrances of all...
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