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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 21, 2006; 12(47): 7710-7714
Published online Dec 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i47.7710
Analysis of ileal sodium/bile acid cotransporter and related nuclear receptor genes in a family with multiple cases of idiopathic bile acid malabsorption
Marco Montagnani, Anna Abrahamsson, Cecilia Gälman, Gösta Eggertsen, Hanns-Ulrich Marschall, Elisa Ravaioli, Curt Einarsson, Paul A Dawson
Marco Montagnani, Elisa Ravaioli, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Gastroenterologia, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Marco Montagnani, Elisa Ravaioli, Center for Applied Biomedi-cal Research, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Anna Abrahamsson, Hanns-Ulrich Marschall, Curt Einarsson, Center for Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
Cecilia Gälman, Center for Metabolism and Endocrinology, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
Gösta Eggertsen, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Clinical Chemistry, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
Paul A Dawson, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, United States
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Supported by grants from the Swedish Research Council, the Karolinska Institutet and the Swedish Society of Medicine (to CE) and National Institutes of Health grants DK-47987 (to PAD)
Correspondence to: Paul A Dawson, PhD, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Blvd., Winston-Salem, NC 27157, United States. pdawson@wfubmc.edu
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Received: September 19, 2006
Revised: November 12, 2006
Accepted: November 20, 2006
Published online: December 21, 2006
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