Genetic Predisposition to Disease

Cosponsoring Associations The European Society of Endocrinology and the Pediatric Endocrine Society. This guideline was funded by… (More)

Pesticides are used widely to control weeds and insect infestation in agricultural fields and various pests and disease carriers… (More)

Childhood obesity has emerged as an important public health problem in the United States and other countries in the world… (More)

Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract, with increasing incidence worldwide. Crohn's… (More)

The aetiology of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is multifactorial, and includes contributions from the environment… (More)

Recent advances have provided substantial insight into the maintenance of mucosal immunity and the pathogenesis of inflammatory… (More)

BACKGROUND The value of regular surveillance for breast cancer in women with a genetic or familial predisposition to breast… (More)

Celiac disease is characterized by small intestinal damage with loss of absorptive villi and hyperplasia of the crypts, typically… (More)

The spongiform encephalopathy Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) has been transmitted to man via administration of growth hormone… (More)

Diabetic nephropathy develops in less than half of all patients with diabetes. To study heredity as a possible risk factor for… (More)