Evidence for a major additive gene in ulcerative colitis

Monsén, U.; Iselius, L.; Johansson, C.; Hellers, G.

Clinical Genetics 36(6): 411-414

1989


ISSN/ISBN: 0009-9163
PMID: 2591066
Document Number: 327942
Complex segregation analysis of 124 families with ulcerative colitis with two or more affected individuals suggests a rare additive major gene causing the disease with about 20% affected among the heterozygotes for the gene. There was no evidence for multifactorial inheritance.

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