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Evaluation of 22 genetic variants with Crohn's disease risk in the Ashkenazi Jewish population: a case-control study.
BMC medical genetics - 6 May 2011
Peter Inga, Mitchell Adele A, Ozelius Laurie, Erazo Monica, Hu Jianzhong, Doheny Dana, Abreu Maria T, Present Daniel H, Ullman Thomas, Benkov Keith, Korelitz Burton I, Mayer Lloyd, Desnick Robert J
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BACKGROUND: Crohn's disease (CD) has the highest prevalence among individuals of Ashkenazi Jewish (AJ) descent compared to non-Jewish Caucasian populations (NJ). We evaluated a set of well-established CD-susceptibility variants to determine if they can explain the increased CD risk in the AJ population. METHODS: We recruited 369 AJ CD patients and 503 AJ controls, genotyped 22 single nucleotide polymorphisms...
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