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Inflammatory bowel disease: a complex group of genetic disorders.
Best practice & research. Clinical gastroenterology - 1 Jun 2004
Hugot Jean-Pierre
Abstract excerpt
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are complex genetic disorders resulting from the complex interplay between several genetic and environmental risk factors. The number of IBD genes is currently unknown but it is expected to be equal or higher to 8. None of these genes are expected to be neither necessary nor sufficient for disease development. Among the candidate genes investigated to date, only CARD15/NOD2 has...
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