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The presence of anti-neutrophil antibodies reflects clinical and genetic heterogeneity within inflammatory bowel disease.
Inflammatory bowel diseases - 1 Feb 1998
Satsangi J, Landers C J, Welsh K I, Koss K, Targan S, Jewell D P
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A detailed investigation of the relationship between anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) status, HLA genotype, and clinical patterns of inflammatory bowel disease was carried out, involving 236 European patients resident in the United Kingdom [120 had ulcerative colitis (UC), 116 had Crohn's disease (CD)]. ANCA status was determined on coded plasma samples in Los Angeles using a two-stage assay [fixed...
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