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A familial pattern in inflammatory disease of the bowel (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis)

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Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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Previous discussions of the familial incidence of inflammatory disease of the bowel have emphasized its occurrence in people of Jewish descent.

This report adds 12 family groups with inflammatory disease in people of Caucasian, non-Jewish descent, with an incidence of at least 2.5 per cent.

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  1. Michigan State University Medical School, East Lansing, Michigan

    Paul Milton Dassel M.D.

  2. Department of Radiology, Ferguson-Droste-Ferguson Hospital, 72 Sheldon Blvd. S.E., 49502, Grand Rapids, Michigan

    Paul Milton Dassel M.D.

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Dassel, P.M. A familial pattern in inflammatory disease of the bowel (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis). Dis Colon Rectum 20, 669–671 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02586686

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