Phenotypic and Genotypic Characteristics of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in French Canadians: Comparison With a Large North American Repository
Elkadri A, Bitton A, Cohen A, Griffiths A, Deslandres C, Proctor D, McGovern D, Langelier D, Bernard E, Torres E, Wild G, Nguyen G, Jobin G, Aumais G, Steinhart H, Rioux J, Cho J, Bhat M, Silverberg M, Regueiro M, Goyette P, Pare P, Lahaie R, Duerr R, Brant S, Dassopoulos T. Phenotypic and Genotypic Characteristics of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in French Canadians: Comparison With a Large North American Repository. The American Journal Of Gastroenterology 2009, 104: 2233. PMID: 19513023, PMCID: PMC2742627, DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.267.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInflammatory bowel diseaseCrohn's diseaseBowel diseaseUlcerative colitisSingle nucleotide polymorphismsManagement of IBDCaucasian IBD populationsSmall bowel diseaseFrench-Canadian patientsExtraintestinal manifestationsCurrent smokersFormer smokersIBD phenotypeIBD populationCD patientsSmoking statusIncreased prevalenceKidney diseaseSurgical historyCaucasian patientsDisease behaviorFamily historyPatientsAnatomical locationDisease