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HLA types in celiac disease patients not carrying the DQA1*05-DQB1*02 (DQ2) heterodimer: results from the European Genetics Cluster on Celiac Disease.

K. Karell, A. S. Louka, S. Moodie, H. Ascher, F. Clot, L. Greco, P. Ciclitira, L. Sollid, J. Partanen

2003.4.1HUMAN IMMUNOLOGY

DOI: 10.1016/s0198-8859(03)00027-2

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The results underline the primary importance of HLA-DQ alleles in susceptibility to celiac disease, and the extreme rarity of celiac patients carrying neither the D Q2 or DQ8 heterodimers nor one half of the DQ2 heterodimer alone.

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KARELL, K., et al. HLA types in celiac disease patients not carrying the DQA1*05-DQB1*02 (DQ2) heterodimer: Results from the European genetics cluster on celiac disease. HUMAN IMMUNOLOGY, 2003, 64 4: 469–77.