Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 4 , Pages 1502-1513, April 2010

Genetic Risk Factors for Post-Infectious Irritable Bowel Syndrome Following a Waterborne Outbreak of Gastroenteritis

  • Alexandra–Chloé Villani

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Alexandra-Chloé Villani, PhD, McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation Centre, 740, Doctor Penfield Avenue, Room 7500, Montréal, Québec H3A 1A4, Canada. fax: 514-398-1795
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  • Mathieu Lemire

      Affiliations

    • Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Marroon Thabane

      Affiliations

    • Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute and Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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  • Alexandre Belisle

      Affiliations

    • McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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  • Geneviève Geneau

      Affiliations

    • McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation Centre, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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  • Amit X. Garg

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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  • William F. Clark

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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  • Paul Moayyedi

      Affiliations

    • Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute and Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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  • Stephen M. Collins

      Affiliations

    • Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute and Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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  • Denis Franchimont

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • Department of Gastroenterology, Erasme Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
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  • John K. Marshall

      Affiliations

    • Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute and Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationJohn K. Marshall, MD, MSc, FRCPC, AGAF Division of Gastroenterology (Room 2F59), McMaster University Medical Centre, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada. fax: 905-523-6048

Received 5 June 2009; accepted 28 December 2009. published online 31 December 2009.

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding This research was supported by grants to DF and JKM from the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of Canada (CCFC) and the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Role of the Sponsors: The funding agencies had no role in the design and conduct of the study; in the collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; or in the preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript.

PII: S0016-5085(09)02246-X

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2009.12.049

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Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 4 , Pages 1502-1513, April 2010

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