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IBD Registry in a Sub-Saharan African Population

Sponsor: University of Zimbabwe

Summary

The investigators intend to establish a prospective registry of patients diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease at Parirenyatwa hospital in Harare, Zimbabwe. The study will periodically collect data on disease phenotype, disease course, and clinical management, and will biobank stool specimens and germline DNA. One relative, and an individual from the same neighbourhood will be also be recruited for a nested case-control study into risk factors of inflammatory bowel disease in this population.

Official title: Registry to Study the Incidence, Phenotype, Risk Factors and Clinical Course of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Zimbabwe

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