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Immunochip analysis identification of 6 additional susceptibility loci for Crohn's disease in Koreans.
Inflammatory bowel diseases - 1 Jan 2015
Yang Suk-Kyun, Hong Myunghee, Choi Hyunchul, Zhao Wanting, Jung Yusun, Haritunians Talin, Ye Byong Duk, Kim Kyung-Jo, Park Sang Hyoung, Lee Inchul, Kim Won Ho, Cheon Jae Hee, Kim Young-Ho, Jang Byung Ik, Kim Hyun-Soo, Choi Jai Hyun, Koo Ja Seol, Lee Ji Hyun, Jung Sung-Ae, Shin Hyoung Doo, Kang Daehee, Youn Hee-Shang, Taylor Kent D, Rotter Jerome I, Liu Jianjun, McGovern Dermot P B, Song Kyuyoung
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Crohn's disease (CD) is an intractable inflammatory bowel disease of unknown cause. Recent genome-wide association studies of CD in Korean and Japanese populations suggested marginal sharing of susceptibility loci between Caucasian and Asian populations. As the 7 identified loci altogether explain 5.31% of the risk for CD, the objective of this study was to identify additional CD susceptibility loci...
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