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Mutations in clotting factors and inflammatory bowel disease.
The American journal of gastroenterology - 1 Feb 2007
Bernstein Charles N, Sargent Michael, Vos Hans L, Rosendaal Frits R
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BACKGROUND: Patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) have a three- to fourfold greater risk of venous thrombosis compared with the general population. We aimed to determine if patients with CD and UC had a greater likelihood of mutations in genes that increase clotting risk, in a population-based case-control study. METHODS: Subjects were drawn from the University of Manitoba IBD Research...
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