Case Control Study
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World J Gastroenterol. May 28, 2014; 20(20): 6302-6308
Published online May 28, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i20.6302
Table 2 Validation results in the Iranian population using the BAG kit compared to the tag-single nucleotide polymorphism method
Tag SNP
Celiac patientsControls
Number of patients59151
DQ 2.2Sensitivity100%100%
Specificity100%100%
DQ 2.5Sensitivity100%100%
Specificity97.8%96.7%
DQ 8Sensitivity86.4%100%
Specificity86.4%97.1%