Open AccessCARD15 Genotype and Phenotype Analysis in 55 Pediatric Patients With Crohn Disease From Saxony, Germany
Author(s) -
Liping Sun,
Joachim Roesler,
Angela RösenWolff,
Ulrike Winkler,
Rainer Koch,
Anett Thürigen,
J Henker
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.206
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1536-4801
pISSN - 0277-2116
DOI - 10.1097/00005176-200310000-00017
Subject(s) - medicine , crohn's disease , genotype , disease , inflammatory bowel disease , population , single nucleotide polymorphism , allele , gastroenterology , genetics , gene , biology , environmental health
Crohn disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disorder that is caused by environmental and genetic factors. Mutations in the CARD15 gene have been recently identified to be associated with the disease. Until now no genetic study has focused directly on a pediatric population.