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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 7, 2007; 13(33): 4489-4492
Published online Sep 7, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i33.4489
Crohn’s disease in one mixed-race population in Brazil
Genoile Oliveira Santana, Luiz Guilherme Costa Lyra, Tamara Celi Almeida Santana, Lidiane Bianca dos Reis, Jorge Carvalho Guedes, Maria Betania Toralles, André Castro Lyra
Genoile Oliveira Santana, Luiz Guilherme Costa Lyra, Jorge Carvalho Guedes, André Castro Lyra, Gastrohepatology Unit, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
Luiz Guilherme Costa Lyra, Tamara Celi Almeida Santana, Lidiane Bianca dos Reis, Jorge Carvalho Guedes, André Castro Lyra, Department of Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
Maria Betania Toralles, Genetic Unit, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
Genoile Oliveira Santana, Luiz Guilherme Costa Lyra, André Castro Lyra, Gastrohepatology Unit, Hospital San Rafael, Bahia, Brazil
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Genoile Oliveira Santana, Avenida Santos Dumont, Km 05, Condomínio Parque Encontro das Águas, Lote G31, Lauro de Freitas- BA Zip Code: 42.700.000, Brazil. genoile@uol.com.br
Telephone: +55-71-99572121 Fax: +55-71-32357048
Received: April 11, 2007
Revised: April 23, 2007
Accepted: April 26, 2007
Published online: September 7, 2007
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