Crohn's Disease Genetics WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Crohn's Disease Genetics
The genetics behind Crohn's disease are a developing area of scientific study, with new information emerging that links genetic factors with environmental and lifestyle elements such as smoking.
Fast Facts:
- More common in whites, particularly Eastern European Jews
- Genetic variations apparently disrupt the intestine's ability to respond to bacteria
- Tends to cluster in families
- Associated with multiple SNPs, such as rs1000113, rs10210302, and rs9858542, rs10883365, rs17234657, and rs11805303
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Latest Headlines on Crohn's Disease Genetics
Genes and Mutations Associated with Crohn's Disease
- Genetics Home Reference: ATG16L1
- National Center for Biotechnology Information: NOD2
- SNPedia: Crohn's Disease
Wisdom, Blogs, and Message Boards about Crohn's Disease Genetics
- MedHelp: Is Crohn's Genetic?
- Living With Crohn's Disease: My Son's Definition of Crohn's
- HealthTalk: Crohn's Disease and Genes: It's All in the Family
- HealthTalk: All About Crohn's Disease
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Crohn's Disease Genetics
- PubMed Central: Crohn's genetics
- JAMA: Crohn's genetics
Clinical Trials on Crohn's Disease Genetics
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Crohn's genetic trials
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- Contributor: Pat Washburn
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Nov. 10, 2009
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Meet our contributors and reviewers
- Contributor: Pat Washburn
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Crohn's Disease and Genetics, Crohn's Genetics, Chrons genetics, Crohns disease genetics, Crohns genetics, Crohns genetic, Chrons genetic, Crohns genes, Crohns gene
- Last update: Nov. 10, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
