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Crohn's disease - genetic factors and progress of the disease.
Biomedical papers of the Medical Faculty of the University Palacky, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia - 1 Jun 2018
Kupka Tomas, Simova Jarmila, Dvorackova Jana, Martinek Lubomir, Motyka Oldrich, Uvirova Magdalena, Dite Petr
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Crohn's disease is a multifactorial inflammatory disease affecting mainly the gastrointestinal tract. The genetic factors that are involved in the disease include mainly three mutations of the gene NOD2/CARD15 (R702W, G908R, 3020insC). The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the presence of these variants and disease phenotype. MATERIAL AND METHODS: 70 patients...
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