Celiac disease in pediatric patients according to HLA genetic risk classes: a retrospective observational study
Abstract Background Celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune enteropathy in which HLA-DQ haplotypes define susceptibility. Our aim was to evaluate if belonging to a certain HLA-DQ class risk could be associated to the clinical, serological and histological presentation of CD. Methods We performed a retr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-05-01
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| Series: | Italian Journal of Pediatrics |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13052-021-01052-1 |