Coeliac disease and dermatitis herpetiformis: further studies of their relationship.
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- 1 October 1976
- Vol. 17 (10), 759-762
- https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.17.10.759
Abstract
Using diagnostic criteria which are currently accepted as most reliable we have found that 19% (9/47) of patients with dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) have no evidence of coeliac disease. The incidence of HL-A8 in the DH patients was 78%, which is considerably greater than that in healthy controls and no different from that reported in coeliac disease. Furthermore, the incidence of HL-A8 was just as much increased in those DH patients without evidence of coeliac disease suggesting that HL-A8 is associated with DH per se--that is, regardless of its association with coeliac disease.Keywords
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