Open AccessGenetic susceptibility for celiac disease is highly prevalent in the Saudi population
Author(s) -
Abdulrahman AlHussaini,
Hanan Alharthi,
Awad E. Osman,
Nezar EltayebElsheikh,
Aziz Alami Chentoufi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/sjg.sjg_551_17
Subject(s) - human leukocyte antigen , allele , genotype , hla dq , medicine , population , polymerase chain reaction , immunology , disease , genetics , biology , antigen , gene , haplotype , environmental health
To determine the frequency of celiac disease (CD)-predisposing human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DQ genotypes in the Saudi population, where the prevalence of CD is 1.5% as recently reported in a mass screening study.