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Perinuclear neutrophil antibodies are not markers for genetic susceptibility or indicators of genetic heterogeneity in familial ulcerative colitis.
The American journal of gastroenterology - 1 Sept 2002
Achkar Jean-Paul, Barmada M Michael, Duerr Richard H
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Autoantibodies that bind to the perinuclear region of neutrophils have been suggested to represent subclinical markers of genetic susceptibility and indicators of genetic heterogeneity in ulcerative colitis (UC). However, results from more recent studies have contradicted this statement. To address this discrepancy, we assayed perinuclear neutrophil antibodies in the UC-affected members of 53 families...
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