title: Does Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis cause Crohn's disease?
abstract: Reassessing this persistent theory in light of advances in molecular microbial detection and genetic pathogenesis of disease.
authors.affiliation: UNC Department of Medicine/Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, CB #7032, Room 7309 Biomolecular Bldg (MBRB), Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7032, USA. rbs@med.unc.edu
authors.forename: R Balfour
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Sartor
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology*; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D010283:Paratuberculosis / Q000150:complications*