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Genetic susceptibility for celiac disease is highly prevalent in the Saudi population

BACKGROUND/AIM: 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. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In a cross-sectional population-based study, a t...

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Autores principales: Al-Hussaini, Abdulrahman, Alharthi, Hanan, Osman, Awad, Eltayeb-Elsheikh, Nezar, Chentoufi, Aziz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6152002/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29956690
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sjg.SJG_551_17