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HLA-DRB1*03, but not the TNFA -308 promoter gene polymorphism, confers protection against fistulising Crohn's disease.
Immunogenetics - 1 May 1998
Bouma G, Poen A C, García-González M A, Schreuder G M, Felt-Bersma R J, Meuwissen S G, Pena A S
Abstract excerpt
Crohn's disease (CD) appears in forms so diverse that it has been hypothesized CD might be a syndrome, with different pathogenic mechanisms leading to the various clinical phenotypes. This may plausibly explain the conflicting and inconclusive results with regard to HLA associations in unselected groups of patients. The power of these association studies may increase when disease heterogeneity is taken into...
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