PREVALENCE OF CELIAC DISEASE PREDISPOSING GENOTYPES, INCLUDING HLA-DQ2.2 VARIANT, IN BRAZILIAN CHILDREN

PREVALENCE OF CELIAC DISEASE PREDISPOSING GENOTYPES, INCLUDING HLA-DQ2.2 VARIANT, IN BRAZILIAN CHILDREN

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Celiac disease is an autoimmune enteropathy triggered by the ingestion of gluten in genetically susceptible individuals. Almost all celiac patients carry immune recognition genes coding for HLA-DQ2.5 and DQ8 heterodimers. Over the last few years, great importance has been give...

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Main Authors: Nicole SELLESKI, Lucas Malta ALMEIDA, Fernanda Coutinho de ALMEIDA, Claudia Beatriz PRATESI, Yanna Karla de Medeiros NÓBREGA, Lenora GANDOLFI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE)
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
Subjects:
Celiac disease, genetics
Prevalence
Genotyping techniques
HLA-DQ antigens
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032018000100082&lng=en&tlng=en

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