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[The genetic basis of inflammatory bowel disease unravelled by genetic association studies].
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde - 1 Jan 2009
Visschedijk Marijn C, Festen Eleonora A M, Wijmenga Cisca, Weersma Rinse K
Abstract excerpt
Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are chronic inflammatory bowel diseases characterized by recurring active inflammation of the digestive tract. Ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease are complex diseases involving genetic as well as environmental factors. Since the introduction of genome-wide association studies, enormous progress has been made in recent years in unravelling the genetic basis of these...
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