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Inflammatory bowel disease susceptibility loci defined by genome scan meta-analysis of 1952 affected relative pairs.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Apr 2004
van Heel David A, Fisher Sheila A, Kirby Andrew, Daly Mark J, Rioux John D, Lewis Cathryn M
Abstract excerpt
Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis (the inflammatory bowel diseases) have a strong genetic component. Although over 20 putative susceptibility loci have been identified by individual genome scans, the majority of these loci have not been replicated. Many individual studies are at the lower li...
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