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Lack of familial aggregation in chronic constipation excluding irritable bowel syndrome: a population-based study.
Digestive diseases and sciences - 1 May 2015
Chang Joseph Y, Locke G Richard, Schleck Cathy D, Zinsmeister Alan R, Talley Nicholas J
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BACKGROUND: Despite strong evidence supporting a genetic and gene-environment interaction in the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), the role of genes and early life in another common functional bowel disorder, chronic constipation (CC), have been little studied. AIM: To determine whether familial aggregation occurs in CC and whether risk factors differed in those with family members. METHODS: A randomly selected...
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