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Epidemiological studies of migration and environmental risk factors in the inflammatory bowel diseases.
World journal of gastroenterology - 7 Feb 2014
Ko Yanna, Butcher Rhys, Leong Rupert W
Abstract excerpt
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are idiopathic chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract well known to be associated with both genetic and environmental risk factors. Permissive genotypes may manifest into clinical phenotypes under certain environmental influences and these may be best studied from migratory studies. Exploring differences between first and second generation migrants may further highlight...
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