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Autoimmune disorders and extraintestinal manifestations in first-degree familial and sporadic inflammatory bowel disease: a case-control study.
Inflammatory bowel diseases - 1 May 2004
Ricart Elena, Panaccione Remo, Loftus Edward V, Tremaine William J, Harmsen W Scott, Zinsmeister Alan R, Sandborn William J
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BACKGROUND: Genetic factors may play a role in determining the development of extraintestinal manifestations (EIMs) and autoimmune diseases (AD) in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We sought to determine the association between EIMs and AD in patients with first-degree familial IBD and sporadic IBD. METHODS: All patients evaluated in the IBD Clinic at the Mayo Clinic between January and September...
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