Lifestyle, Stress, and Genes in Peptic Ulcer Disease | Zendy

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Lifestyle, Stress, and Genes in Peptic Ulcer Disease

Author(s) -

Ismo Räihä,

Helena Kemppainen,

Jaakko Kaprio,

Markku Koskenvuo,

L. Sourander

Publication year - 1998

Publication title -

archives of internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3679

pISSN - 0003-9926

DOI - 10.1001/archinte.158.7.698

Subject(s) - concordance , medicine , disease , twin study , cohort , family aggregation , incidence (geometry) , population , epidemiology , helicobacter pylori , cohort study , demography , gastroenterology , heritability , genetics , biology , environmental health , physics , sociology , optics

The familial accumulation of peptic ulcer disease observed in several studies may be attributable to genetic effects, aggregation of environmental exposure (shared environment), or both. The intrafamilial spread of Helicobacter pylori infection has raised the question whether shared environment could explain the familial aggregation of peptic ulcer disease rather than genetic similarity of family members.

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