PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - T J David
AU  - A B Ajdukiewicz
TI  - A family study of coeliac disease.
AID  - 10.1136/jmg.12.1.79
DP  - 1975 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Genetics
PG  - 79--82
VI  - 12
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jmg.bmj.com/content/12/1/79.short
4100  - http://jmg.bmj.com/content/12/1/79.full
SO  - J Med Genet1975 Mar 01; 12
AB  - Thirteen of 141 cases (9 percent) of overt, biopsy proven coeliac disease had a definitely affected relative. The pattern of inheritance in these families is compatible with an incompletely penetrant autosomal dominant gene. There was a female preponderance in the adults and the sporadic cases, but not in the children or the familial cases. The series included a pair of concordant and probably monozygotic twins. The authors believe that coeliac disease, as defined at present, is a heterogeneous condition.