Assessing Inflammatory Bowel Disease-Associated Antibodies in Caucasian and First Nations Cohorts
oleh: Charles N Bernstein, Hani El-Gabalawy, Michael Sargent, Carol J Landers, Patricia Rawsthorne, Brenda Elias, Stephan R Targan
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Wiley 2011-01-01 |
Deskripsi
BACKGROUND: First Nation populations in Canada have a very low incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Based on typical infections in this population, it is plausible that the First Nations react differently to microbial antigens with a different antibody response pattern, which may shed some light as to why they experience a low rate of IBD.