Prevalence of Celiac Disease among Children in Finland
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- 19 June 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 348 (25), 2517-2524
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa021687
Abstract
Wheat, rye, and barley proteins induce celiac disease, an autoimmune type of gastrointestinal disorder, in genetically susceptible persons. Because the disease may be underdiagnosed, we estimated the prevalence of the disease and tested the hypothesis that assays for serum autoantibodies can be used to detect untreated celiac disease and that positive findings correlate with specific HLA haplotypes.Keywords
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