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Editorial
. 2011 Feb;11(1):8-10.
doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.11-1-8.

Genes in inflammatory bowel disease: lessons from complex diseases

Paul Henderson, Jack Satsangi
Editorial

Genes in inflammatory bowel disease: lessons from complex diseases

Paul Henderson et al. Clin Med (Lond). 2011 Feb.
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Fig 1.
Fig 1.
Timeline of epidemiological and genetic discoveries in inflammatory bowel disease. CD = Crohn's disease; GWAS = genome-wide association scan; IBD = inflammatory bowel disease; UC = ulcerative colitis.
Fig 2.
Fig 2.
Broad overview of the genetic architecture of inflammatory bowel disease giving examples of confirmed and candidate genes implicated in each pathway. T® = regulatory T cell.
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