Article
Confirmation of multiple Crohn's disease susceptibility loci in a large Dutch-Belgian cohort.
The American journal of gastroenterology - 1 Mar 2009
Weersma Rinse K, Stokkers Pieter C F, Cleynen Isabelle, Wolfkamp Simone C S, Henckaerts Liesbet, Schreiber Stefan, Dijkstra Gerard, Franke Andre, Nolte Ilja M, Rutgeerts Paul, Wijmenga Cisca, Vermeire Séverine
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD)-Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC)-are chronic gastrointestinal inflammatory disorders with a complex genetic background. A genome-wide association scan by the Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium (WTCCC) recently identified several novel susceptibility loci. METHODS: We performed a large replication study in 2,731 Dutch and Belgian IBD patients (1,656...
Topics
- Autophagy-Related Proteins
- Belgium
- Calcium-Binding Proteins
- Carrier Proteins
- Colitis, Ulcerative
- Crohn Disease
- GTP-Binding Proteins
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
