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Altered frequency of a promoter polymorphic allele of the kinin B1 receptor gene in inflammatory bowel disease.
Gastroenterology - 1 Nov 1998
Bachvarov D R, Landry M, Houle S, Paré P, Marceau F
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Evidence of kinin-mediated inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract is accumulating. The genes and some polymorphic sites have been characterized for both kinin B1 and B2 receptors. These candidate genes were studied for their possible association with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). METHODS: In a retrospective study, the prevalence of allele pairs for four polymorphic sites of the two...
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