Genome-wide analysis identifies rare copy number variations associated with inflammatory bowel disease.

Genome-wide analysis identifies rare copy number variations associated with inflammatory bowel disease.

<h4>Background</h4>Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an idiopathic, chronic disorder of unclear etiology with an underlying genetic predisposition. Recent genome-wide association studies have identified more than 200 IBD susceptibility loci, but the causes of IBD remain poorly defined....

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Main Authors: Svetlana Frenkel, Charles N Bernstein, Michael Sargent, Qin Kuang, Wenxin Jiang, John Wei, Bhooma Thiruvahindrapuram, Elizabeth Spriggs, Stephen W Scherer, Pingzhao Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217846

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