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Mutation in TAGAP is protective of anal sepsis in ileocolic Crohn's disease.
Diseases of the colon and rectum - 1 Nov 2012
Connelly Tara M, Sehgal Rishabh, Berg Arthur S, Hegarty John P, Deiling Sue, Stewart David B, Poritz Lisa S, Koltun Walter A
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BACKGROUND: Anal complications of Crohn's disease range from painless skin tags to debilitating fistulas that are imperfectly treated with tumor necrosis factor antagonists. The recent discovery of more than 190 single-nucleotide polymorphisms associated with Crohn's disease offers the opportunity to genetically define the severity of anal disease in Crohn's disease and possibly predict prognosis and anti-tumor...
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