Britt-Sabina Petersen

First known case of paediatric inflammatory bowel disease in a western lowland gorilla may be linked to a familial mutation in the MEFV gene http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9022-9017Britt-Sabina Petersen1, Bernd Bokemeyer2,3, Christian Wenker4, Stefan Hoby5, Katrin Baumgartner6, Hermann Will6, Marc P Hoeppner1, Stefan Schreiber1,3, Ingo Mecklenburg7, http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1530-5811Andre Franke1 1 Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany 2...

Abstract Background After years of concentrated research efforts, the exact cause of Crohn’s disease (CD) remains unknown. Its accurate diagnosis, however, helps in management and preventing the onset of disease. Genome-wide association studies have identified 241 CD loci, but these carry small log odds ratios and are thus diagnostically uninformative.

First known case of paediatric inflammatory bowel disease in a western lowland gorilla may be linked to a familial mutation in the MEFV gene Britt-Sabina Petersen1, Bernd Bokemeyer2,3, Christian Wenker4, Stefan Hoby5, Katrin Baumgartner6, Hermann Will6, Marc P Hoeppner1, Stefan Schreiber1,3, Ingo Mecklenburg7, Andre Franke1 1 Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany 2 Gastroenterology Practice, Minden, Germany 3 Department of Internal...