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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 21, 2010; 16(3): 359-364
Published online Jan 21, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i3.359
Published online Jan 21, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i3.359
NOD2, IL23R and ATG16L1 polymorphisms in Lithuanian patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Jurgita Sventoraityte, Aida Zvirbliene, Gediminas Kiudelis, Limas Kupcinskas, Department of Gastroenterology, Kaunas University of Medicine, LT-44307 Kaunas, Lithuania
Andre Franke, Ruta Kwiatkowski, Stefan Schreiber, Institute for Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, D-24105 Kiel, Germany
Author contributions: Sventoraityte J and Zvirbliene A contributed equally to this work; Zvirbliene A, Kiudelis G and Kupcinskas L contributed human subject blood samples; Kupcinskas L, Zvirbliene A and Kwiatkowski R designed the research; Zvirbliene A and Sventoraityte J performed the research and analyzed the data; Sventoraityte J wrote the paper; Franke A and Kupcinskas L revised the manuscript; Schreiber S and Franke A co-ordinated and provided the financial support for this work.
Supported by The German Ministry of Education and Research through the National Genome Research Network
Correspondence to: Limas Kupcinskas, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Kaunas University of Medicine, A. Mickeviciaus Street 9, LT-44307 Kaunas, Lithuania. likup@takas.lt
Telephone: +370-37-326092 Fax: +370-37-326508
Received: September 25, 2009
Revised: November 14, 2009
Accepted: November 21, 2009
Published online: January 21, 2010
Revised: November 14, 2009
Accepted: November 21, 2009
Published online: January 21, 2010
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