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The phenotype and course of inflammatory bowel disease in UK patients of Bangladeshi descent.
Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics - 1 Apr 2012
Goodhand J R, Kamperidis N, Joshi N M, Wahed M, Koodun Y, Cantor E J, Croft N M, Langmead F L, Lindsay J O, Rampton D S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: We have tested the hypotheses that compared with local white Caucasians, UK-resident patients of Bangladeshi descent develop inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) at a younger age; more often have Crohn's disease than ulcerative colitis (UC); and have a more aggressive disease course. AIM: To test the hypotheses that compared to white Caucasian patients of English, Scottish or Welsh descent, patients of...
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