Article
The genetics of inflammatory bowel disease.
The American journal of gastroenterology - 1 Dec 2007
Van Limbergen Johan, Russell Richard K, Nimmo Elaine R, Satsangi Jack
Abstract excerpt
Great progress in the understanding of the molecular genetics of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been made over the last 10 years. Strong epidemiological evidence, based initially on concordance data in twin/family studies, led to the application of genome-wide linkage analysis involving multiply affected families and the identification of a number of susceptibility loci. Further characterization of the IBD1...
Topics
- Genetic Markers
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genetics, Population
- Humans
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
- Risk Factors