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Lymphocyte Antigen 75 Polymorphisms Are Associated with Disease Susceptibility and Phenotype in Japanese Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Disease markers - 1 Jan 2016
Hirayama Atsuhiro, Joshita Satoru, Kitahara Kei, Mukawa Kenji, Suga Tomoaki, Umemura Takeji, Tanaka Eiji, Ota Masao
Abstract excerpt
Recent genome-wide association studies have rapidly improved our understanding of the molecular pathways leading to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which includes Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). Although several reports have demonstrated that gene single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are associated with susceptibility to IBD, its precise genetic factors have not been fully clarified. Here,...
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