Vasculitis syndromes: Shared genetic risk for Beh çet disease and Crohn's disease

Nature Reviews Rheumatology 13, 197 (2017). doi:10.1038/nrrheum.2017.30 Author: Jessica McHugh Genotyping analysis of a Turkish cohort of 1,900 patients with Behçet disease and 1,779 controls, in addition to two replication cohorts, adds ADO–EGR2, RIPK2, LACC1, and IRF8 to the list of known suspectibility loci shared by Behçet disease and Crohn's disease.

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Source: Nature Reviews Rheumatology - March 2, 2017 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Jessica McHugh Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research

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