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Crohn's Disease Candidate Gene Alleles Predict Time to Progression from Inflammatory B1 to Stricturing B2, or Penetrating B3 Phenotype.
Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers - 1 Mar 2018
Pernat Drobež Cvetka, Ferkolj Ivan, Potočnik Uroš, Repnik Katja
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AIM: Crohn's disease (CD) patients are mostly diagnosed with the uncomplicated inflammatory form of disease; however, the majority will progress to complicated stricturing or penetrating disease over time. It is important to identify patients at risk for disease progression at an early stage. The aim of our study was to examine the role of 33 candidate CD genes as possible predictors of disease progression and...
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