Contribution of higher risk genes and European admixture to Crohnʼs disease in African Americans

Authors :: Torbenson, Michael S.
Isaacs, Kim L.
Lewis, James D.
Rioux, John D.
Wu, Yuqiong
Okazaki, Toshihiko
Kugathasan, Subra
Wang, Ming-Hsi
Taylor, Kent D.
Valentine, John F.
Ford, Jean G.
Cuffari, Carmen
Smoot, Duane T.
Oliva-Hemker, Maria
Cho, Judy H.
Brant, Steven R.
Kader, Howard A.
Datta, Lisa W.
Dassopoulos, Themistocles
Duerr, Richard H.
Kao, Linda W.H.
Hooker, Stanley
Harris, Mary L.
Kittles, Rick A.
Nguyen, Geoffrey C.
Silverberg, Mark S.
Publication Year :: 2012
Publisher :: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries, 2012.
Abstract: African Americans (AA) are an admixed population of West African (WA) and European ancestry (EA). Crohn's disease (CD) susceptibility genes have not been established. We therefore evaluated the contribution of European admixture and major established risk genes to AA CD.

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