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3020insC insertion in NOD2/CARD15 gene, a prevalent variant associated with anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibodies and ileal location of Crohn's disease in Tunisian population.
Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] - 1 Apr 2009
Marrakchi R, Bougatef K, Moussa A, Ouerhani S, Khodjet-el-Khil H, Messai Y, Mestiri O, Najar T, Benammar-Elgaaeid A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Our aim is to investigate the relation between CARD15 3020insC mutation, anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibodies (ASCA) and disease phenotype, in Tunisian inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients. MATERIALS: A hundred Tunisian patients with IBD (75 Crohn's disease CD and 25 ulcerative colitis UC) and 60 matched healthy controls were studied. METHODS: CARD15 mutation was analysed by using an...
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