Article
Age-of-onset-dependent influence of NOD2 gene variants on disease behaviour and treatment in Crohn's disease.
BMC gastroenterology - 2 May 2013
Posovszky Carsten, Pfalzer Veronika, Lahr Georgia, Niess Jan Hendrik, Klaus Jochen, Mayer Benjamin, Debatin Klaus-Michael, von Boyen Georg B T
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Influence of genetic variants in the NOD2 gene may play a more important role in disease activity, behaviour and treatment of pediatric- than adult-onset Crohn's disease (CD). METHODS: 85 pediatric- and 117 adult-onset CD patients were tested for the three main NOD2 CD-associated variants (p.R702W, p.G908R and p.10007fs) and clinical data of at least two years of follow-up were compared regarding...
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