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Bactericidal permeability increasing protein gene polymorphism is associated with inflammatory bowel diseases in the Turkish population.
Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association - 1 Jan 2000
Can Güray, Akın Hakan, Özdemir Filiz T, Can Hatice, Yılmaz Bülent, Eren Fatih, Atuğ Özlen, Ünsal Belkıs, Hamzaoğlu Hülya O
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: Inflammatory bowel disease, a chronic inflammatory disease with unknown etiology, affects the small and large bowel at different levels. It is increasingly considered that innate immune system may have a central position in the pathogenesis of the disease. As a part of the innate immune system, bactericidal permeability increasing protein has an important role in the recognition and...
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