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A FAMILY STUDY OF COELIAC DISEASE
Author(s) -
GARDINER A. J.,
MUTTON K. J.,
WALKERSMITH J. A.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1973.tb02217.x
Subject(s) - coeliac disease , medicine , etiology , gluten , disease , biopsy , pediatrics , gastroenterology , pathology
SYNOPSIS This is a study of the families of 50 children with coeliac disease. A number of genetic and acquired factors of possible importance in the etiology of coeliac disease were observed. 2 siblings were found to have biopsy‐proven coeliac disease and in 3 mothers a clinical diagnosis of coeliac disease had been made, i.e. in 5 (2.4%) of 210 first degree relatives a diagnosis of coeliac disease had been made. The mean age of introduction of gluten into the diet was identical (3.2 months) for both the coeliac children and their non‐coeliac siblings.