Familial occurrence of inflammatory bowel disease in Korea

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BACKGROUND: Little information is available about the familial aggregation of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in Asian populations. We therefore determined the risk of familial aggregation of IBD among first-degree relatives of patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn's disease (CD) in an ethnically distinct Korean population. METHODS: Familial aggregation of IBD was evaluated in terms of family history,...

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