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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 7, 2009; 15(29): 3643-3648
Published online Aug 7, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3643
Association of Fas/Apo1 gene promoter (-670 A/G) polymorphism in Tunisian patients with IBD
Walid Ben Aleya, Imen Sfar, Leila Mouelhi, Houda Aouadi, Mouna Makhlouf, Salwa Ayed-Jendoubi, Samira Matri, Azza Filali, Taoufik Najjar, Taeib Ben Abdallah, Khaled Ayed, Yousr Gorgi
Walid Ben Aleya, Imen Sfar, Houda Aouadi, Mouna Makhlouf, Salwa Ayed-Jendoubi, Taeib Ben Abdallah, Khaled Ayed, Yousr Gorgi, Laboratory of Immunology, EPS Charles Nicolle, 1006 Bab Saadoun, Tunis 1006, Tunisia
Leila Mouelhi, Taoufik Najjar, Department of Gastroenterology, EPS Charles Nicolle, Tunis 1006, Tunisia
Samira Matri, Azza Filali, Department of Gastroenterology, La Rabta, Tunis 1006, Tunisia
Author contributions: Ben Aleya W, Sfar I, Aouadi H, Makhlouf M and Ayed-Jendoubi S performed the majority of experiments; Mouelhi L, Matri S, Filali A and Najjar T provided the collection of all the human material; Ben Abdallah T, Ayed K and Gorgi Y designed, supervised and provided financial support for this work; Ben Aleya W wrote the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Dr. Walid Ben Aleya, Laboratory of Immunology, EPS Charles Nicolle, Bd 9 Avril, 1006 Bab Saadoun, Tunis 1006, Tunisia. b_a_w@hotmail.fr
Telephone: +21-67-1578055
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Received: April 1, 2009
Revised: June 10, 2009
Accepted: June 17, 2009
Published online: August 7, 2009
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