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Old 03-11-2005, 08:50 AM   #19
dar512
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Originally Posted by Catwoman
How do you get Crohn's disease? Is it just something that happens or is it caused by something like smoking/bad eating etc. A relation of mine has it and I want to reduce the genetic probability that I'll get it, if I can.
No positive answers on this yet. They have determined, however, that there are genetic markers for Crohn's. So the current suspicion is that it is a genetic predisposition and some sort of environmental trigger.
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