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Genetics of inflammatory bowel disease in Asia: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Inflammatory bowel diseases - 1 Jun 2012
Ng Siew C, Tsoi Kelvin K F, Kamm Michael A, Xia Bing, Wu Justin, Chan Francis K L, Sung Joseph J Y
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BACKGROUND: Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) result from an interaction between genetic and environmental factors. Preliminary findings suggest that susceptibility genes differ between IBD patients in Asia and the West. We aimed to evaluate disease-predisposing genes in Asian IBD patients. METHODS: A systematic review and meta-analysis were performed of published studies from 1950 to 2010 using keyword searches...
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