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Multidimensional prognostic risk assessment identifies association between IL12B variation and surgery in Crohn's disease.
Inflammatory bowel diseases - 1 Jul 2013
Dubinsky Marla C, Kugathasan Subra, Kwon Soonil, Haritunians Talin, Wrobel Iwona, Wahbeh Ghassan, Quiros Antonio, Bahar Ron, Silber Gary, Farrior Sharmayne, Stephens Michael, Teleten Nick, Panikkath Deepa, Ippoliti Andrew, Vasiliauskas Eric, Fleshner Phillip, Williams Chadwick, Landers Carol, Rotter Jerome I, Targan Stephan R, Taylor Kent D, McGovern Dermot P B
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BACKGROUND: The ability to identify patients with Crohn's disease (CD) at highest risk of surgery would be invaluable in guiding therapy. Genome-wide association studies have identified multiple IBD loci with unknown phenotypic consequences. The aims of this study were to: (1) identify associations between known and novel CD loci with early resective CD surgery and (2) develop the best predictive model for time...
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