Exclusion of linkage of Crohn's disease to previously reported regions on chromosomes 12, 7, and 3 in the belgian population indicates genetic heterogeneity

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 165-170

  Vermeire, Severine ^a   Peeters, Marc ^a   Vlietinck, Robert ^a   Parkes, Miles ^b   Satsangi, Jack ^b   Jewell, Derek ^b   Rutgeerts, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetics; Inflammatory bowel disease, susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 7; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; PEDIGREE; POPULATION GENETICS;

BELGIUM; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; PEDIGREE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034242877     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00054725-200008000-00002     Document Type: Article

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