Fertility and pregnancy in the patient with inflammatory bowel disease
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Patients are naturally concerned about passing their disease on to their offspring. Unfortunately, family history is the strongest predictor for developing IBD. If one parent is affected, the risks of the offspring developing IBD are 2–13 times higher than in the general population.2,3 One study estimated that the risks of IBD in first degree relatives of probands with UC and CD were 1.6% and 5.2%, respectively, values that were even higher in the Jewish population.4 If both parents have IBD, the risk of their offspring developing IBD over their lifetime was estimated to be 36%.5Keywords
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