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Crohn's disease in Caucasians and African Americans, as defined by clinical predictors and single nucleotide polymorphisms.
Journal of the National Medical Association - 1 Jan 2000
Kanaan Ziad, Ahmad Surriya, Roberts Henry, Thé Tama, Girdler Steven, Pan Jianmin, Rai Shesh N, Weller E Brooks, Galandiuk Susan
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To compare three aspects of Crohn's disease (CD) between African Americans and Caucasians: (1) demographic data and environmental factors affecting CD susceptibility, (2) disease presentation and clinical course, and (3) genetic susceptibility via the use of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) susceptibility loci. METHODS: Clinical data and peripheral blood...
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