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View Post: New genetic markers for ulcerative colitis identified, researchers ...
16 hours ago
While some genetic factors associated with Crohn's disease also predispose individuals to ulcerative colitis, markers specific for ulcerative colitis had yet to be found. To do so, researchers performed a genome-wide association study ...
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View Post: Michele's Morsels Beelieve: Physical Health - Crohn's Disease
1 Jan 2009 by Michele Williams  
Crohn's disease is a serious inflammatory disease of the gastronintestinal (GI) tract. Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestines. It primarily causes ulcerations (breaks in the lining) of the small and large ...
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View Post: Caring For Your Incision After Surgery
18 hours ago
By Category. Crohn's Disease · Ulcerative Colitis · Related Conditions · Diagnosis · Treatments · Surgery · Ostomy Basics · Diet / Nutrition / Recipes · Coping · Parents and Teens · Caregivers · Resources · Find a Doctor ...
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View Post: Crohn's Disease - Living with Crohn's Disease Blog: Crohn's ...
30 Dec 2008 by Scottie Roy  
A Blog about Crohn's Disease. I am a 33 year old male with Crohn's disease. I was diagnosed with Crohns at 21 as a seemingly healthly college student and athlete. Still battling Crohn's as an runner, soccer player, Father, Husband, ...
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View Post: Linkage of Crohn's disease-related serological phenotypes: NFKB1 ...
19 Dec 2008 by Takedatsu, H, Taylor, KD, Mei, L, McGovern,...  
Dr S R Targan, Division of Gastroenterology, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center and Immunobiology Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Blvd., Suite D4063, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA; targans{at}cshs.org ...
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View Post: New genetic markers for ulcerative colitis identified, researchers ...
4 Jan 2009
Ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease are chronic conditions that im...Because IBD tends to run in families researchers have long thought th...,New,genetic,markers,for,ulcerative,colitis,identified,,researchers,report,in,Nature ...
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View Post: The Musings of a Princess: 2 fathers,1 non-father
1 hour ago by Princess Jo  
The Musings of a Princess. A princess's discussion on the state of the world....and her life too!! A discussion on Crohn's Disease, infertility, fostering, fundamentalists, my family, and my babies with fur :)! ...
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View Post: Inflammatory Bowel Disease Carries Heavy Financial Burden - Direct ...
28 Dec 2008
The average annual costs were $8265 for Crohn's disease and $5066 for ulcerative colitis, the researchers report. The estimated annual disease-attributable direct costs of IBD are $6.3 billion, the authors write, with Crohn's disease ...
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