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Evidence of allelic heterogeneity for associations between the NOD2/CARD15 gene and ulcerative colitis among North Indians.
Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics - 15 Nov 2007
Juyal G, Amre D, Midha V, Sood A, Seidman E, Thelma B K
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BACKGROUND: Three common disease susceptibility variants in the NOD2 gene are associated with inflammatory bowel disease in Caucasians, but not in Asians. Aim To screen for NOD2 variants and examine susceptibility for inflammatory bowel disease in North Indians. METHODS: A case-control study was carried out in Punjab, India. Confirmed cases of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease and healthy controls matched...
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