Inflammatory bowel disease: the role of inflammatory cytokine gene polymorphisms

• Main Authors: Joanna Balding (Author), Wendy J. Livingstone (Author), Judith Conroy (Author), Lesley Mynett-Johnson (Author), Donald G. Weir (Author), Nasir Mahmud (Author), Owen P. Smith (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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THE mechanisms responsible for development of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have not been fully elucidated, although the main cause of disease pathology is attributed to up-regulated inflammatory processes. The aim of this study was to investigate frequencies of polymorphisms in genes encoding pr...