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Risk of Pediatric Celiac Disease According to HLA Haplotype and Country
Author(s) -
Edwin Liu,
HyeSeung Lee,
Carin Andrén Aronsson,
William Hagopian,
Sibylle Koletzko,
Marian Rewers,
George S. Eisenbarth,
Polly J. Bingley,
Ezio Bonifacio,
Ville Simell,
Daniel Agardh
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1313977
Subject(s) - tissue transglutaminase , haplotype , human leukocyte antigen , disease , medicine , immunology , antibody , genetics , antigen , biology , allele , gene , biochemistry , enzyme
The presence of HLA haplotype DR3-DQ2 or DR4-DQ8 is associated with an increased risk of celiac disease. In addition, nearly all children with celiac disease have serum antibodies against tissue transglutaminase (tTG).

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