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Genetic analysis in Finnish families with inflammatory bowel disease supports linkage to chromosome 3p21.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 May 2001
Paavola P, Heliö T, Kiuru M, Halme L, Turunen U, Terwilliger J, Karvonen A L, Julkunen R, Niemelä S, Nurmi H, Färkkilä M, Kontula K
Abstract excerpt
In inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), certain chromosomal candidate loci have been repeatedly identified by independent studies in different populations. To investigate the contribution of the loci on chromosomes 1, 3, 7, 12, 14, and 16 to the susceptibility of IBD in Finnish population, where the predominant feature is the excess of ulcerative colitis (UC) families compared to Crohn's disease (CD) families, we...
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