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The genetics of Crohn's disease.
Annual review of genomics and human genetics - 1 Jan 2009
Van Limbergen Johan, Wilson David C, Satsangi Jack
Abstract excerpt
From epidemiological data, based on concordance data in family studies, via linkage analysis to genome-wide association studies, we and others have accumulated robust evidence implicating more than 30 distinct genomic loci involved in the genetic susceptibility to Crohn's disease (CD). These loci encode genes involved in a number of homeostatic mechanisms: innate pattern recognition receptors (NOD2/CARD15, TLR4,...
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