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Analysis of the NOD2/CARD15 gene in patients affected with the aseptic abscesses syndrome with or without inflammatory bowel disease.
Digestive diseases and sciences - 1 Feb 2008
André Marc François Jean, Aumaître Olivier, Piette Jean-Charles, Grateau Gilles, Cardoso Marie-Céleste, Ouchchane Lemlih, Kémény Jean-Louis, Dastugue Bernard, Delpech Marc, Creveaux Isabelle
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OBJECTIVES: NOD2/CARD15 is a susceptibility gene for Crohn's disease (CD). It is also involved, via different mutations, in the Blau syndrome. The syndrome of aseptic abscesses (AA) is characterized by visceral sterile collections of mature neutrophils that do not respond to antibiotics but regress quickly with corticosteroids. It is associated in two cases out of three with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and...
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