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Aberrant extrathymic T cell receptor gene rearrangement in the small intestinal mucosa: a risk factor for coeliac disease?

BACKGROUND: Coeliac disease is a small intestine enteropathy caused by permanent intolerance to wheat gluten. Gluten intake by patients with coeliac disease provokes a strong reaction by intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs), which normalises on a gluten-free diet. AIM: To investigate whethe...

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Autores principales: Bas, A, Forsberg, G, Sjöberg, V, Hammarström, S, Hernell, O, Hammarström, M-L
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2613440/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18299319
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gut.2007.125526