Family studies of coeliac disease in Cuba. Issue 2 (February 1981)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sagaró, E; Jimenez, N
• Is Part Of: Archives of disease in childhood. Volume 56:Issue 2(1981)
• Page Start: 132
• Page End: 133
• Publication Date: 1981-02
• Subjects: Children -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Infants -- Diseases -- Periodicals; 618.920005
• DOI: 10.1136/adc.56.2.132
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-9888

Abstract

Abstract : Peroral jejunal biopsies were performed on 69 of 85 1st-degree relatives of 20 index coeliac patients in 20 families. Three had mucosal changes typical of coeliac disease, giving an incidence of 4.3%. This figure is similar to that for family studies in England, and it confirms the familial nature of coeliac disease in a population with different racial characteristics from countries where coeliac disease is common.