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Celiac sprue and immunodeficiency states: a 25-year review.
Journal of clinical gastroenterology - 1 Sept 1997
Heneghan M A, Stevens F M, Cryan E M, Warner R H, McCarthy C F
Abstract excerpt
Immunoglobulin deficiency, especially deficiency of IgA, has been described in patients with celiac sprue (CS). Our study was performed in an area of high prevalence of CS to determine the prevalence of immunodeficiency states in patients with CS, to examine their clinical characteristics, response to treatment, and HLA phenotypes compared with a group of age- and sex-matched persons with CS but without...
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