Investigation of inheritance of chronic inflammatory bowel diseases by complex segregation analysis.

Marianne Orholm; Lennart Iselius; Thorkild I. A. Sørensen; Pia Munkholm; Ebbe Langholz; V. Binder

doi:10.1136/bmj.306.6869.20

Abstract

The segregation pattern indicates that a major dominant gene has a role in ulcerative colitis, and suggests that a major recessive gene has a role in Crohn's disease.

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Inheritance (genetic algorithm)Inflammatory Bowel DiseasesInflammatory bowel diseaseMedicineBiologyGeneticsInternal medicineDisease

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Year: 1993
Type: article
Volume: 306
Issue: 6869
Pages: 20-24
Citations: 103
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                                    Marianne Orholm, 
                                
                                    Lennart Iselius, 
                                
                                    Thorkild I. A. Sørensen
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1993). 
                            Investigation of inheritance of chronic inflammatory bowel diseases by complex segregation analysis.. 
                            BMJ
                            , 306
                            (6869)
                            , 20-24.
                            https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.306.6869.20
                        

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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.306.6869.20