Study of family history among patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
Of 838 patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) treated at The Cleveland Clinic between 1955 and 1974, 37% had family histories positive for IBD. This high familial prevalence may reflect that the study was deliberately undertaken once the disease was established in the proband.
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Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195.
D000293:Adolescent; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000235:genetics*; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence