Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Yamamoto-Furusho JK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5457182 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine 20170526
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic and heterogeneous disorder characterized by remitting and relapsing periods of activity. Pharmacogenetics refers to the study of the effect of inheritance on individual variation in drug responses. Several drug-related markers in IBD patients have been identified in order to predict the response to medical treatment including biological therapy as well as the reduction of adverse events. In the future, the treatment of IBD should be personalized in i ...[more]