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[Inflammatory bowel disease: genetic or environmental diseases?].
Gastroenterologie clinique et biologique - 1 Jan 2000
Cortot A, Pineton de Chambrun G, Vernier-Massouille G, Vigneron B, Gower Rousseau C
Abstract excerpt
Pathophysiology of inflammatory bowel diseases depends on the interaction between genetic susceptibility and environmental factors leading to a deregulated immune intestinal response resulting in bowel lesions. Epidemiologic variations of inflammatory bowel diseases with time (incidence, prevalence) and space suggest a role for risk environmental factors, but so far only smoking habits and appendectomy have been...
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