Alain Bitton, MD
Primary Axis:
Infection and Immunity
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Identification of clinical, biological , psychosocial and genetic markers that affect and predict the natural history of IBD.The identification of IBD genes and genotype – phenotype correlations in the Quebec population through the Quebec IBD Genetics consortium.Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, psychosocial, biologic markers, genetics
Keywords:
Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, psychosocial, biologic markers, genetics
Location:
Royal Victoria Hospital Publications:
Bitton A, Sewitch MJ, Edwardes M, Peppercorn M, Shah S, Ransil B, Locke S. Psychosocial determinants of relapse in ulcerative colitis: a longitudinal study. American Journal of Gastroenterol 2003;98:2203-2208.
Bitton A, Peppercorn MA, Antonioli D, Niles JL, Shah S, Bousvaros A, M DeB Edwardes, Ransil BJ, Wild G, Cohen A. Stevens AC. Clinical, Biological, and Histological Parameters as predictors of relapse in Ulcerative Colitis. Gastroenterology 2001;119:13-19.
Rioux JD, Daly MJ, Silverberg MS, Lindblad K, Steinhart H, Cohen Z ,Delmonte T, Kocher K, Miller K, Guschwan S, Kulbokas E, O’Leary S, Winchester E, Dewar K, Green T, Stone V, Chow C, Cohen A, Longelier D, Lapointe G, Gaudet D, Faith J, Branco N, Bull S, McLeod R, Griffiths A, Bitton A, Greenberg GR, Lander E, Siminovitch K, Hudson TJ. Genetic variation in the 5q31 cytokine gene cluster confers susceptibility to Crohn disease. Nature Genetics 2001; 29 :223-228.
