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The NOD2insC polymorphism is associated with worse outcome following ileal pouch-anal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis.
Gut - 1 Oct 2013
Tyler Andrea D, Milgrom Raquel, Stempak Joanne M, Xu Wei, Brumell John Hunter, Muise Aleixo M, Sehgal Rishabh, Cohen Zane, Koltun Walter, Shen Bo, Silverberg Mark S
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BACKGROUND: Inflammatory complications after ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) for ulcerative colitis (UC) are common. OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether genetic factors are associated with adverse pouch outcomes such as chronic pouchitis (CP) and a Crohn's disease-like (CDL) phenotype. DESIGN: 866 patients were recruited from three centres in North America: Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), the...
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