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Identification of Ten Additional Susceptibility Loci for Ulcerative Colitis Through Immunochip Analysis in Koreans.
Inflammatory bowel diseases - 1 Jan 2016
Ye Byong Duk, Choi Hyunchul, Hong Myunghee, Yun Woo Jin, Low Hui-Qi, Haritunians Talin, Kim Kyung-Jo, Park Sang Hyoung, Lee Inchul, Bang So-Young, Kim Tae-Hwan, Shin Hyoung Doo, Kang Daehee, Youn Hee-Shang, Li Yi, Liu Jianjun, McGovern Dermot P B, Yang Suk-Kyun, Song Kyuyoung
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Recent genetic association studies identified more than 160 susceptibility loci for inflammatory bowel disease in Caucasian populations, but studies in Asian populations are limited. We have previously reported 3 loci associated with Korean ulcerative colitis (UC). METHODS: Using the Immunochip custom single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) array designed for dense genotyping of 186 known disease loci...
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