Coeliac disease in identical twin infants
- 1 October 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Postgraduate Medical Journal
- Vol. 57 (672) , 658-659
- https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.57.672.658
Abstract
Summary: A pair of monozygous twins had coeliac disease in infancy, and all of their family carried the HLA-B8 antigen. Both genetic and environmental factors were involved in the aetiology.Keywords
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