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Ethnicity differences in genetic susceptibility to ulcerative colitis: a comparison of Indian asians and white northern Europeans.
Inflammatory bowel diseases - 1 Dec 2013
Walker David G, Williams Horace R T, Bancil Aaron S, Rai Pavanjit, Pantelidis Panajiotis, Chambers John, Kooner Jaspal S, Sato Hiroe, Orchard Timothy R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Studies in Caucasian populations have identified a number of genetic associations with ulcerative colitis (UC), but reports from other ethnic groups have been limited. Recent studies from India have reported an association with UC and a single polymorphism (SNP) in CARD15/NOD2 (SNP5, rs2066842), which has not been reported in Caucasian UC cohorts. In addition, strong genetic associations with SNPs in...
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