title: Association of HLA antigens with coeliac disease among Iraqi children.
abstract: Forty children with coeliac disease were subjected to HLA-A and B antigens typing using the two-way lymphocytotoxicity technique. An increase in the frequency of HLA-B8 and B12 was found in patients as compared to the control group. Family studies conducted in 4 selected families have indicated that four out of five siblings who inherited the HLA-B8 antigen from their parents have contracted coeliac disease. In one of the families both siblings had HLA-B8 but only one of them contracted coeliac disease. It is suggested that the association of coeliac disease with HLA-antigen could be multifactorial, i.e. the disease could be attributed to the presence of more than one antigen.
mesh_terms: D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000276:immunology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D015235:HLA-B Antigens; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007493:Iraq / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens; D015235:HLA-B Antigens