The first large population based twin study of coeliac disease

Gut

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 624-628

  Greco, L ^a,b   Romino, R ^a,b   Coto, I ^a,b   Di Cosmo, N ^a,b   Percopo, S ^a,b   Maglio, M ^a,b   Paparo, F ^a,b   Gasperi, V ^a,b   Limongelli, M G ^a,b   Cotichini, R ^c   D'Agate, C ^d   Tinto, N ^a   Sacchetti, L ^a   Tosi, R ^e   Stazi, M A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b European Laboratory for the Investigation of Food Induced Diseases   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d Italian Coeliac Society   (Italy)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUPPORT GROUP; TWIN CONCORDANCE; TWIN DISCORDANCE; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELIAC DISEASE; DISEASES IN TWINS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 0036109726     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.50.5.624     Document Type: Article

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