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Prevalence of genetic variants associated with inflammatory bowel disease in a healthy First Nations cohort.
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne - 15 May 2012
Murdoch Travis B, Bernstein Charles N, El-Gabalawy Hani, Stempak Joanne M, Sargent Michael, Elias Brenda, Xu Wei, Pathan Saad, Silverberg Mark S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Inflammatory bowel disease is the result of both genes and environment. Canadian First Nations people, despite living in a region with a high prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease, are relatively protected from this disease. We aimed to compare the carriage of genetic variants asso...
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