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Detailed assessment of NOD2/CARD15 exonic variation in inflammatory bowel disease in Scotland: implications for disease pathogenesis.
Genes and immunity - 1 Sept 2008
Russell R K, Drummond H E, Wilson D C, Anderson N H, Arnott I D R, Van Limbergen J E, Satsangi J, Nimmo E R
Abstract excerpt
The high incidence of Scottish Crohn's disease (CD) is not explained by the common three NOD2/CARD15 variants. We aimed to identify population-specific NOD2/CARD15 coding variants. A total of 1478 (320 inflammatory bowel disease patients <16 years, 343 adult CD patients, 542 parents and 273 controls). All NOD2/CARD15 exons were sequenced in 24 CD patients. Sequencing identified 18 single-nucleotide polymorphisms...
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