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Evidence for genetic correlation between appendix and inflammatory bowel disease: a bidirectional Mendelian randomization study
2024-02-23
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Observational studies highlighted an association between the appendix and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). However, it's unclear whether the identified association is causal because of difficulties in establishing a clear temporal sequence. We investigated the association between acute appendicitis, appendectomy, and IBD by using two-sample bidirectional univariable Mendelian randomiza...
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- Literature Corpus work
- c8e0159c-b819-51bd-b23d-cfc895f9166b
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3941750/v1
