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PubMed ID:
21618365
Public Release Type:
Journal
Publication Year: 2012
Affiliation: Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305-5415, USA.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1002/ibd.21781
Authors:
Schaub MA,
Sirota M,
Butte AJ,
Liu LY
Studies:
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics
Crohn's disease (CD), an inflammatory disease of the bowel, affects millions of people around the world. Evidence suggests that disease onset and pathogenesis differ between males and females. Yet no comprehensive efforts exist to assess the sex-specific genetic architecture of CD.
