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Independent replication of an association of CNVR7113.6 with Crohn's disease in Caucasians.
Inflammatory bowel diseases - 1 Feb 2012
Roberts Rebecca L, Diaz-Gallo Lina-Marcela, Barclay Murray L, Gómez-García María, Cardeña Carlos, Merriman Tony R, Gearry Richard B, Martin Javier
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A recent genome-wide association study (GWAS) of copy number variants (CNVs) in Crohn's disease (CD) confirmed association of three CNVs. The GWAS also provided evidence that a fourth CNV, CNVR7113.6, on chromosome 17 may alter susceptibility to CD (P = 0.0018). The aim of our study was to confirm the CNVR7113.6 association by genotyping two independent inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) cohorts and by...
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