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The BsmI vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism is associated with ulcerative colitis in Jewish Ashkenazi patients.
Genetic testing - 1 Jan 2004
Dresner-Pollak Rivka, Ackerman Zvi, Eliakim Rami, Karban Amir, Chowers Yehuda, Fidder Herma H
Abstract excerpt
Susceptibility to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has a strong genetic component. The vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene maps to a region on chromosome 12 shown to be associated with IBD in some studies. In this case-control study we determined the association between the BsmI VDR gene polymorphism and IBD in patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colits (UC). Three hundred seventy-nine Jewish Israeli...
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