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Clustering in time of familial IBD separates ulcerative colitis from Crohn's disease.
Inflammatory bowel diseases - 1 Dec 2009
Bengtson May-Bente, Solberg Camilla, Aamodt Geir, Jahnsen Jørgen, Moum Bjørn, Sauar Jostein, Vatn Morten H
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BACKGROUND: The aim was to compare clustering of time at diagnosis and phenotype of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) between affected parents and children and to explore generational differences in age at diagnosis (AAD) as well as the concordance of clinical characteristics. METHODS: Eighty-four affected pairs from 45 families were included from 5 counties in southeastern Norway between August 2003 and December...
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