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Assessment of reliability and validity of IBD phenotyping within the National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) IBD Genetics Consortium (IBDGC).
Inflammatory bowel diseases - 1 Aug 2007
Dassopoulos Themistocles, Nguyen Geoffrey C, Bitton Alain, Bromfield Gillian P, Schumm L Philip, Wu Yahong, Elkadri Abdul, Regueiro Miguel, Siemanowski Benjamin, Torres Esther A, Gregory Federico J, Kane Sunanda V, Harrell Laura E, Franchimont Denis, Achkar Jean-Paul, Griffiths Anne, Brant Steven R, Rioux John D, Taylor Kent D, Duerr Richard H, Silverberg Mark S, Cho Judy H, Steinhart A Hillary
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BACKGROUND: The NIDDK IBD Genetics Consortium (IBDGC) collects DNA and phenotypic data from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) subjects to provide a resource for genetic studies. No previous studies have been performed on the reliability and validity of phenotypic determinations in either Crohn's disease (CD) or ulcerative colitis (UC) using primary records. Our aim was to determine the reliability and validity of...
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