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CARD15 genotype-phenotype relationships in a small inflammatory bowel disease population with severe disease affection status.
Digestive diseases and sciences - 1 Oct 2007
Crawford Nigel P S, Colliver Daniel W, Eichenberger M Robert, Funke Alisa A, Kolodko Valentina, Cobbs Gary A, Petras Robert E, Galandiuk Susan
Abstract excerpt
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD; MIM# 266600) is subdivided on the basis of clinical findings as either Crohn's disease (CD), ulcerative colitis (UC), or indeterminate colitis (IC). Three previously described mutations within the IBD susceptibility gene CARD15 (R702W, G908R, 1007fs) increase susceptibility to CD with a terminal ileal and/or ileocolonic location and fibrostenosing behavior. We undertook an...
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