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- Published on: 18 April 2016
- Published on: 18 April 2016
- Published on: 18 April 2016Author's replyShow More
Dear Editor,
We took note with interest of the letter of RK Russell et al. of April 19, 2005, concerning the link between passive smoking and the risk of IBD in children.
We agree with them that it is important to take into account the role of passive smoking not only during childhood and at disease onset but also during the perinatal period. We also looked at this point in our study but came to differe...
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None declared. - Published on: 18 April 2016Perinatal passive smoke exposure and risk of developing Childhood IBDShow More
Dear Editor,
The large case-control study of patients with inflammatory bowel disease in the French Paediatric population by Baron et al. has clarified the role of well established genetic and environmental risk factors, as well as suggesting novel environmental risk factors [1].
However, we caution the authors on the dismissal of the role of passive smoking in the risk of IBD development in childhood....
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