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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 14, 2008; 14(38): 5876-5879
Published online Oct 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.5876
High frequency of the c.3207C>A (p.H1069Q) mutation in ATP7B gene of Lithuanian patients with hepatic presentation of Wilson’s disease
Laimutis Kucinskas, Jolanta Jeroch, Astra Vitkauskiene, Raimundas Sakalauskas, Vitalija Petrenkiene, Vaidutis Kucinskas, Rima Naginiene, Hartmut Schmidt, Limas Kupcinskas
Laimutis Kucinskas, Institute of Biology of Kaunas University of Medicine, Mickevičiaus 9, Kaunas LT-44307, Lithuania
Jolanta Jeroch, Rima Naginiene, Institute of Biomedical Research of Kaunas University of Medicine, Eiveniu 4, Kaunas LT-50009, Lithuania
Astra Vitkauskiene, Laboratory of Immunology and Genetics, Kaunas University of Medicine, Eiveniu 2, Kaunas LT-50009, Lithuania
Raimundas Sakalauskas, Department of Pulmonology and Immunology, Kaunas University of Medicine, Eiveniu 2, Kaunas LT-50009, Lithuania
Vitalija Petrenkiene, Limas Kupcinskas, Department of Gastroenterology, Kaunas University of Medicine, Eiveniu 2, Kaunas LT-50009, Lithuania
Vaidutis Kucinskas, Department of Human and Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Santariskiu 2, Vilnius LT-08661, Lithuania
Hartmut Schmidt, Department of Hepatotransplanthology, University of Munster, Schlossplatz 2, Munster D-48149, Germany
Author contributions: Kucinskas L and Kupcinskas L contributed equally to this work; Kucinskas L designed research/performed research/wrote paper; Jeroch J wrote paper; Vitkauskiene A wrote paper/contributed new reagents/analytic tools; Sakalauskas R designed research; Petrenkiene V analysed data; Kucinskas V designed research; Naginiene R performed research; Kupcinskas L designed research/wrote paper; Schmidt H performed research/wrote paper.
Supported by The National Science and Education Foundation of Lithuania, No. M-06005
Correspondence to: Dr. Limas Kupcinskas, PhD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Kaunas University of Medicine, Eiveniu 2, Kaunas LT-50009, Lithuania. likup@takas.lt
Telephone: +370-68-640575 Fax: +370-37-3361458
Received: May 30, 2008
Revised: July 19, 2008
Accepted: July 26, 2008
Published online: October 14, 2008
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