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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 28, 2008; 14(36): 5499-5503
Published online Sep 28, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.5499
Crohn’s disease-Defect in innate defence
Michael Gersemann, Jan Wehkamp, Klaus Fellermann, Eduard Friedrich Stange
Michael Gersemann, Jan Wehkamp, Klaus Fellermann, Eduard Friedrich Stange, Robert Bosch Hospital and Dr. Margarete Fischer Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and University of Tübingen, Stuttgart, Germany
Author contributions: Gersemann M, Wehkamp J, Fellermann K, and Stange EF are working on the pathogenesis of both intestinal bowel diseases, Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis since many years resulting in a couple of original works. This review article was a joint work.
Supported by The Robert Bosch Foundation, Stuttgart, Germany and the Emmy Noether program (J.W.) of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Correspondence to: Eduard Friedrich Stange, MD, Robert Bosch Hospital, Internal Medicine I Auerbachstr. 110, D-70376 Stuttgart, Germany. eduard.stange@rbk.de
Telephone: +49-711-81013406 Fax: +49-711-81013793
Received: July 30, 2008
Revised: August 5, 2008
Accepted: August 12, 2008
Published online: September 28, 2008
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