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WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
Volume 20, Issue 5, Pages 1238-1247Publisher
BAISHIDENG PUBLISHING GROUP INC
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i5.1238
Keywords
Inflammatory bowel disease; Crohn's disease; Ulcerative colitis; Epidemiology; Risk factor; Environment; Hygiene hypothesis
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- A Career Development Fellowship of the National Health
- Medical Research Council of Australia
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Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are idiopathic chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract well known to be associated with both genetic and environmental risk factors. Permissive genotypes may manifest into clinical phenotypes under certain environmental influences and these may be best studied from migratory studies. Exploring differences between first and second generation migrants may further highlight the contribution of environmental factors towards the development of IBD. There are few opportunities that have been offered so far. We aim to review the available migration studies on IBD, evaluate the known environmental factors associated with IBD, and explore modern migration patterns to identify new opportunities and candidate migrant groups in IBD migration research. (C) 2014 Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited. All rights reserved.
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