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SUBMITTER: Latiano A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2738788 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Latiano Anna A Palmieri Orazio O Valvano Maria Rosa MR D'Incà Renata R Cucchiara Salvatore S Riegler Gabriele G Staiano Anna Maria AM Ardizzone Sandro S Accomando Salvatore S de Angelis Gian Luigi GL Corritore Giuseppe G Bossa Fabrizio F Annese Vito V
World journal of gastroenterology 20080801 29
<h4>Aim</h4>To investigate gene variants in a large Italian inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) cohort, and to analyze the correlation of sub-phenotypes (including age at diagnosis) and epistatic interaction with other IBD genes.<h4>Methods</h4>Total of 763 patients with Crohn's disease (CD, 189 diagnosed at age < 19 years), 843 with ulcerative colitis (UC, 179 diagnosed < 19 years), 749 healthy controls, and 546 healthy parents (273 trios) were included in the study. The rs2241880 [autophagy-relat ...[more]