METHOD AND IMMUNE ABSORBENTS FOR THE SPECIFIC DETECTION AND ABSORPTION OF CELIAC DISEASE-AND HERPETIFORM DERMATITIS-ASSOCIATED ANTIBODIES

摘要

The present invention relates to fusion peptides that are derived from components of gliadin, to a method and reagents for the serological diagnosis of celiac disease or dermatitis herpetiformis by way of assaying antibodies that are directed against modified gliadin. The invention also relates to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating said diseases by specific immunoabsorption of these antibodies.