HLA-DQ2 and -DQ8 genotypes in celiac and healthy Libyan children

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 425-427

  Alarida, Kamla ^a   Harown, Jumma ^b   Di Pierro, Maria Rosaria ^c   Drago, Sandro ^c   Catassi, Carlo ^d,e  

^a OMAR AL MUKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b El Thoura Hospital   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^c Biodiagene SrL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Celiac disease; Epidemiology; HLA DQ genes; Libyan population

Indexed keywords

HLA DQ2 ANTIGEN; HLA DQ8 ANTIGEN; DNA; HLA DQ ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; ITALY; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LIBYA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 77952746090     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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