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Asian ethnic origin and the risk of inflammatory bowel disease.
European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology - 1 May 1999
Montgomery S M, Morris D L, Pounder R E, Wakefield A J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To assess whether inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is more prevalent in young Asians than Europeans living in Great Britain. DESIGN: Longitudinal birth cohort study of all those born 5-11 April 1970 in Great Britain--the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70). METHODS: The relationship of a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease by age 26 years with ethnic origin was investigated among 8,432...
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