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Association of ulcerative colitis with rare VNTR alleles of the human intestinal mucin gene, MUC3.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Feb 1999
Kyo K, Parkes M, Takei Y, Nishimori H, Vyas P, Satsangi J, Simmons J, Nagawa H, Baba S, Jewell D, Muto T, Lathrop G M, Nakamura Y
Abstract excerpt
Ulcerative colitis (UC), a common form of inflammatory bowel disease, is a multifactorial disorder with significant genetic influence. Recently, evidence of linkage on chromosome 7q near the intestinal mucin gene MUC3 was reported by an affected sib-pair analysis. Previous reports indicate a possible mucin abnormality in UC patients, but whether genetic differences in a specific mucin gene are associated with UC...
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