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Genetic variants in surfactant, pulmonary-associated protein D (SFTPD) and Japanese susceptibility to ulcerative colitis.
Inflammatory bowel diseases - 1 Jun 2009
Tanaka Michihiro, Arimura Yoshiaki, Goto Akira, Hosokawa Masayo, Nagaishi Kanna, Yamashita Kentaro, Yamamoto Hiroyuki, Sonoda Tomoko, Nomura Masafumi, Motoya Satoshi, Imai Kohzoh, Shinomura Yasuhisa
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BACKGROUND: Identifying culprit genes for a complex trait in a homogeneous population such as the Japanese remains challenging. We aimed to use previous achievements of genome-wide association studies to identify precise susceptibility loci for inflammatory bowel disease in Japanese people and to...
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