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Autoantibodies Against Glycoprotein 2 Isoforms in Pediatric Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Inflammatory bowel diseases - 1 Sept 2017
Röber Nadja, Noß Lydia, Goihl Alexander, Reinhold Dirk, Jahn Josefine, de Laffolie Jan, Johannes Wolf, Flemming Gunter M, Roggenbuck Dirk, Conrad Karsten, Laass Martin W
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Anti-Glycoprotein 2 (GP2) antibodies are associated with a more complicated course of Crohn's disease (CD) in adults. Four different GP2 isoforms with different length and antibody-binding sites have been identified so far but not been explored in serological studies. We aimed to investigate the diagnostic utility of autoantibodies against all 4 isoforms of GP2 in an exclusively pediatric population...
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