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We thank our colleagues Sorrentino et  al for their letter to the editor concerning our study.1 They raise legitimate concerns about genetic testing for disease risk, but the intention of our study was to investigate the validity and informative capacity of a proposed model, rather than to translate to clinical practice at this stage . We believe that our work provides a platform for refining a model with comprehensive (whole-genome) genetic information, which should be validated with longitudinal clinical data, and this is currently underway in our group.
Source: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research