Letter to the editor: Genetically determined IBD is associated with decreased risk of Alzheimer's disease: a Mendelian randomisation study

Xingzhi Guo^{1

2}, Li Chong^{1

2}, Xin Zhang^{1

2}, Rui Li^{3

2

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Geriatric Neurology, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
² Shaanxi Provincial Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Medicine, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
³ Department of Geriatric Neurology, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China rli@nwpu.edu.cn.
⁴ Institute of Medical Research, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.

Comment

Xingzhi Guo et al. Gut. 2022 Aug.

. 2022 Aug;71(8):1688-1689.

doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2021-325869. Epub 2021 Nov 8.

Xingzhi Guo^{1

2}, Li Chong^{1

2}, Xin Zhang^{1

2}, Rui Li^{3

2

4}

¹ Department of Geriatric Neurology, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
² Shaanxi Provincial Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Medicine, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
³ Department of Geriatric Neurology, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China rli@nwpu.edu.cn.
⁴ Institute of Medical Research, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.

No abstract available

Keywords: Crohn's disease; inflammatory bowel disease; neuroimmunology; ulcerative colitis.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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