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Genetic overlap between inflammatory bowel disease and iridocyclitis: insights from a genome-wide association study in a European population.
BMC genomic data - 29 Oct 2024
Liao Wu, Luo Qinghua, Zhang Leichang, Wang Haiyan, Ge Wei, Wang Jiawen, Zuo Zhengyun
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is occasionally associated with ophthalmic diseases, including iridocyclitis (IC). The co-occurrence of IBD and IC has been increasingly observed, possibly due to shared genetic structures. METHODS: A three-part analysis was executed utilizing genome-wide association study (GWAS) data on IBD and IC. First, the overall genetic correlation between the two traits was...
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