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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 28, 2008; 14(28): 4454-4461
Published online Jul 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.4454
Published online Jul 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.4454
Clinical significance of NOD2/CARD15 and Toll-like receptor 4 gene single nucleotide polymorphisms in inflammatory bowel disease
Luciana Rigoli, Claudio Romano, Chiara Di Bella, Vincenzo Procopio, Giuseppina Lo Giudice, Maria Amorini, Caterina Cuppari, Giovanna Elisa Calabrò, Romina Gallizzi, Carmelo Damiano Salpietro, Dipartimento di Scienze Pediatriche Mediche e Chirurgiche, Università di Messina, Messina 98125, Italy
Rosario Alberto Caruso, Dipartimento di Patologia Umana, Università di Messina, Messina 98125, Italy
Maria A Lo Presti, Giuseppe Costantino, Maria D Sergi, Walter Fries, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Terapia Medica, Università di Messina, Messina 98125, Italy
Author contributions: Rigoli L, Romano C, Caruso RA and Fries W contributed equally to this work; Rigoli L, Romano C and Fries W designed research; Lo Presti MA, Di Bella C, Procopio V, Lo Giudice G, Amorini M, Costantino G, Sergi MD, Cuppari C, Calabrò GE, Gallizzi R performed research; Rigoli L and Salpietro CD contributed new reagents/analytic tools; Rigoli L, Romano C, Caruso RA and Fries W analyzed data; and Rigoli L wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Luciana Rigoli, Dipartimento di Scienze Pediatriche Mediche e Chirurgiche, UO di Genetica ed Immunologia Pediatrica, pad. NI, Policlinico Universitario, Messina 98125, Italy. luciana.rigoli@unime.it
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Received: April 3, 2008
Revised: June 6, 2008
Accepted: June 13, 2008
Published online: July 28, 2008
Revised: June 6, 2008
Accepted: June 13, 2008
Published online: July 28, 2008
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