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Two stage genome-wide search in inflammatory bowel disease provides evidence for susceptibility loci on chromosomes 3, 7 and 12.
Nature genetics - 1 Oct 1996
Satsangi J, Parkes M, Louis E, Hashimoto L, Kato N, Welsh K, Terwilliger J D, Lathrop G M, Bell J I, Jewell D P
Abstract excerpt
Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), the chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (CIBD), are common causes of gastro-intestinal disease in the Western world, with a combined prevalence of 100-200/100,000 (ref. 1). Epidemiological studies, particularly concordance rates in twin pairs and siblings, strongly implicate genetic susceptibility in the pathogenesis of CIBD. In fact, the relative contribution of...
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