Clinical Research
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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 1, 2004; 10(5): 717-720
Published online Mar 1, 2004. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i5.717
Association of FAS (TNFRSF6)-670 gene polymorphism with villous atrophy in coeliac disease
Jing Wu, BZ Alizadeh, TV Veen, JWR Meijer, CJJ Mulder, AS Peña
Jing Wu, BZ Alizadeh, TV Veen, AS Peña, Laboratory of Immunogenetics and Department of Gastroenterology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
JWR Meijer, CJJ Mulder, Departments of Pathology and Hepatogastroenterology, Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, The Netherlands
CJJ Mulder, Head of Department of Gastroenterology, VU University Medical Center, P.O. Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jing Wu, Department of Gastroenterology, Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 210029 Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
BZ Alizadeh, Genetic Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
TV Veen, Department of Neurology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Supported by the Chinese Scholarship Council, No. 98932034
Correspondence to: Professor A.S. Peña, MD, PhD, FRCP, VU University Medical Centre, Department of Gastroenterology, Laboratory of Immunogenetics, P.O. Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands. as.pena@vumc.nl
Telephone: +31-20-4448416 Fax: +31-20-4448418
Received: July 17, 2003
Revised: September 28, 2003
Accepted: October 7, 2003
Published online: March 1, 2004
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