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. 1976 Oct;17(10):759–762. doi: 10.1136/gut.17.10.759

Coeliac disease and dermatitis herpetiformis: further studies of their relationship.

B B Scott, S Young, S M Rajah, J Marks, M S Losowsky
PMCID: PMC1411197  PMID: 1001971

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.

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