The association between Crohn's disease activity, serum 25(oh)- vitamin d status, the disease-associated environmental risk factors and the variability of Crohn's disease phenotype in the Western Cape population, South Africa

The association between Crohn's disease activity, serum 25(oh)- vitamin d status, the disease-associated environmental risk factors and the variability of Crohn's disease phenotype in the Western Cape population, South Africa

Philosophiae Doctor - PhD === Background: A subtype of inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn' s disease is thought to represent a complex interaction between environmental factors, a defective immune system, the gastrointestinal microbiome and genetic' susceptibility; however; the-prevalence o...

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Main Author: Basson, Abigail Raffner
Other Authors: Swart, Rina
Language:en
Published: University of the Western Cape 2021
Subjects:
Crohn's disease
Inflammatory bowel disease
Vitamin D 25(OH)-
Vitamin D
Hygiene hypothesis
Environmental risk factors
Mierobiome
Phenotype
Coloureds
Ethnicity
South Africa
Western Cape
Race
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11394/8522

Internet

http://hdl.handle.net/11394/8522

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