Ulcerative colitis is more strongly linked to chromosome 12 than Crohn's disease Reply
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Ulcerative colitis and Crohns disease: molecular genetics and clinical implications.
Derek Jewell Professor of Gastroenterology, Gastroenterology Unit, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, OX2 6HE, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 1865 224829; Fax: +44 (0) 1865 790792; E-mail: [email protected] The genetics of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an area of enormous topical interest. Crohn’s disease is one of the first polygenic diseases in which a susceptibility gene (NOD2 ) ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gut
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0017-5749
DOI: 10.1136/gut.49.2.311