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Paraoxonase (PON)1 192R allele carriage is associated with reduced risk of inflammatory bowel disease.
Digestive diseases and sciences - 1 Oct 2007
Karban Amir, Hartman Corina, Eliakim Rami, Waterman Matti, Nesher Shula, Barnett-Griness Ofra, Shamir Raanan
Abstract excerpt
The paraoxonase (PON) genes family maps to chromosome 7q21-q22, within a loci that also showed evidence of susceptibility genes for both Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). In this case-control study we investigated the possible relationship between PON1 and PON2 polymorphisms and t...
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