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The number of investigations from our area concerning coeliac disease is, unfortunately, small. This chapter presents the results from six papers, four from Sweden, one from Finland and one from Denmark. It is striking how the incidence in the different studies varies.
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Tobiasen, K. (1981). Recent Scandinavian Data on the Epidemiology of Coeliac Disease. In: McConnell, R.B. (eds) The Genetics of Coeliac Disease. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-8114-3_8
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