A familial pattern in inflammatory disease of the bowel (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis)
- 1 November 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Diseases of the Colon & Rectum
- Vol. 20 (8) , 669-671
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02586686
Abstract
Previous discussions of the familial incidence of inflammatory disease of the bowel have emphasized its occurrence in people of Jewish descent. This report adds 12 family groups with inflammatory disease in people of Caucasian, non-Jewish descent, with an incidence of at least 2.5%.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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