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New global map of Crohn's disease: Genetic, environmental, and socioeconomic correlations.
Inflammatory bowel diseases - 1 May 2008
Economou Michael, Pappas Georgios
Abstract excerpt
Seventy-five years after the initial characterization of Crohn's disease (CD), much remains obscure about its etiology. The authors sought to evaluate the incidence trends of the last 25 years worldwide, and the existence of potential correlations with genetic, environmental, and socioeconomic factors that could be etiologically implicated in the pathogenesis of CD. Relevant medical literature for individual...
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