Familial and sporadic inflammatory bowel
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Marc Peeters; Antoine Cortot; SΓ©verine Vermeire; Dr. Jean-FrΓ©dΓ©ric Colombel
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Article
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2000
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The strongest risk factor for developing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is having a relative with the disease. Familial IBD may be one homogeneous subgroup, phenotypically different from sporadic IBD. Several observations support a role for familiarity in disease site and behavior, particularly in