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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2009
Jerome I. Rotter, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Kent D. Taylor, Ventura, CA (US);
Stephan R. Targan, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Talin Haritunians, Encino, CA (US);
Dermot P. Mcgovern, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Xiuqing Guo, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Jerome I. Rotter, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Kent D. Taylor, Ventura, CA (US);
Stephan R. Targan, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Talin Haritunians, Encino, CA (US);
Dermot P. McGovern, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Xiuqing Guo, Santa Monica, CA (US);
CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are methods of predicting the development of medically refractory ulcerative colitis (MR-UC) in a patient In one embodiment, disclosed is a method of prognosing ulcerative colitis in an individual by determining the presence or absence of one or more risk variants, where the presence of one or more risk variants is indicative of a severe and/or aggressive form of ulcerative colitis. In another embodiment, the severe form of ulcerative colitis is indicative of MR-UC.