[Chronic inflammatory bowel disease: new insight from genetics].
The cause of chronic inflammatory bowel disease remains unknown. A genetic origin has been suggested by studies in twins. The gene or genes involved in Crohn's disease is probably situated on chromosome 16 and the genes involved in ulcerative colitis on chromosomes 2 and 7. It will undoubtedly take some time before the exact loci are precisely identified, but current research suggests that clinical applications are not far off.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002889:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2; D002897:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D004200:Diseases in Twins / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics; D007585:Jews; D008297:Male; D044465:White People
Maladies inflammatoires chroniques de l'intestin: l'éclairage de la génétique.