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Genetic testing for inflammatory bowel disease: focus group analysis of patients and family members.
Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers - 1 Aug 2009
Lewis Jeffrey R, Konda Vani, Rubin David T
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BACKGROUND: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic gastrointestinal illness with complex genetic underpinnings. Genetic testing for IBD, in particular, for high-risk alleles, is not currently used in clinical practice. Further, preferences and concerns of patients and their family members regarding a genetic test for this condition are not well studied. METHODS: Thirty IBD patients and eighteen unaffected...
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