Inflammatory bowel disease in a Swedish twin cohort: A long- term follow-up of concordance and clinical characteristics

Gastroenterology

Volumn 124, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1767-1773

  Halfvarson, Jonas ^a   Bodin, Lennart ^a   Tysk, Curt ^a   Lindberg, Eva ^a   Järnerot, Gunnar ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SWEDEN; TWINS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 0038620498     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5085(03)00385-8     Document Type: Article

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