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1Department of Medicine and Institute of Immunology, Rikshospitalet, N-0027 Oslo, Norway. knut.lundin@rikshospitalet.no
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|December 13, 2002
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DQ8 restricted gliadin peptide is immunogenic in the intestinal mucosa of HLA-DQ8 positive patients, representing the first demonstration that a given peptide may be of pathogenic significance only for a subset of coeliacs, and strongly suggests that DQ2 and DQ8 act as immune response (Ir) genes in this disease
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