Risk of irritable bowel syndrome in first-degree, second-degree and thirddegree relatives of affected individuals: A nationwide family study in Sweden

Gut

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 215-221

  Waehrens, Rasmus ^a   Ohlsson, Henrik ^a   Sundquist, Jan ^a,b   Sundquist, Kristina ^a,b   Zöller, Bengt ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST DEGREE RELATIVE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PROGENY; SECOND DEGREE RELATIVE; SIBLING; SWEDEN; THIRD DEGREE RELATIVE; AGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920999174     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2013-305705     Document Type: Article

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